First published in 1994, this innovative and ground-breaking survey details the development of a critical perspective in nineteenth-century painting and sculpture. In art as in music, literature, philosophy, and political economy, the nineteenth century was a period of questioning, experimentation, discovery, and modernization. From Goya to Blake, from David to Delacroix, from Courbet to Cézanne, artists explored the links between perception and history, and in so doing challenged the prevailing definitions of art and the existing order of society.

• Updated coverage of American art, taking into account the latest research and scholarship



• Coverage of photography now takes us to the end of the story of nineteenth century photography and the decisive break with the past in the early years of the twentieth century



• Digital images from the book will be provided for instructors for the first time

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