Five centuries of British painting - Andrew Wilton

from Holbein to Hodgkin

Originele nieuwprijs: € 12.95

KORTE INHOUD

Andrew Wilton traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing imperial influence. He then explores the pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape, portraiture) as against 'high' art and abstraction. Andrew Wilton offers new insights into the great personalities of British painting, and assesses afresh the latest flowering, in which many threads of modern art come together in sometimes startling guises.
2002Taal: Engelszie alle details...
Originele nieuwprijs: € 12.95

Categorie

Details

2002Uitgever: Thames & HudsonReeks: World of art256 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0500203490ISBN-13: 9780500203491

REVIEWS VAN DIT BOEK