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ROMANTICISM
AND ART
"A general account that any student of the period will find invaluable."
—The Connoisseur
"A valuable introduction to Roman art for layman and student alike . . . Lively, up to date . . . difficult to put down." —Antiquaries Journal
ISBN 0-500-20275-3 · 215 illustrations |
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In
the age of revolutions, at the end of the eighteenth century, the
mental and spiritual life of North America and Europe began to undergo
a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of spontaneity, direct
expression and natural feeling transformed the arts, encouraging artists
to explore the extremes in human nature, from heroism to insanity
and despair. William Vaughan's revised study analyzes the achievements
of the leading artists of the age—masters such as Goya, Blake,
Gericault, Turner and Delacroix—and sets in context a host
of fascinating figures in painting, sculpture and architecture: Palmer,
Runge, Soane, Gros, Overbeck, Schinkel, Flaxman, Pugin, Bingham and
many more. The result is an invaluable account of a dramatic and contradictory
artistic epoch.