Painting out of the ordinary
By: David Solkin.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780300140613
Subjects: Genre painting, British -- 19th century; Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Description: With its plethora of illustrations, many of works published here for the first time, 'Painting Out of the Ordinary' will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in British art and society of the Romantic era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The politics of familiarity; title: II. 1809. The epic of common life; title: III. Particular points of view; title: IV. The colonisation of carnival; title: V. The end of olde England.