Nineteenth Century British Painting
Publisher: Giles de la Mare Publishers Limited
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781900357173
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Techniques - Painting; Art & Art Instruction; Art; United Kingdom, Great Britain; General; Art / History / European; PAINTING, BRITISH; PAINTING, MODERN_19TH CENTURY
Description: "Nineteenth Century British Painting provides a chronological survey of a century of British painting which produced a great variety of work. It progresses from the beginnings of Romanticism in the late eighteenth century to the British adoption of Impressionism in the late nineteenth, dividing this prolific period into nine parts. In each part the work of the major figures in particular movements or genres is discussed and analysed, and each painter is presented in a biographical context. The artists are set in the framework of their historical, social and economic background. The majority of the paintings and drawings that are examined in detail are reproduced in the 323 plates, 82 of them in colour." "The book is intended to be used more as an introduction, and where appropriate as a textbook, than as a work of reference, although its arrangement will enable readers to obtain fuller information about individual artists, with longer sections devoted to such major figures as Lawrence, Turner, Constable, Rossetti, Leighton and Whistler."--Jacket.