The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution
By: John Sweetman.
Series: Arts, culture, and society
Publisher: Longman; Brand: Longman Pub Group; Longman Pub Group
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Arts, European -- 18th century; Arts, European -- 19th century
Description: This inaugural volume takes us from the ancien regime - the world of Handel, Tiepolo, Beaumarchais and Haydn - where the artist was the servant of court-based patronage, via the catalysts of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, to a new world - the world of Byron, Beethoven, Goya and Turner - where artists were increasingly autonomous and entrepreneurial, finding their own inspirations and searching out new audiences for their output.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.