Title: Art in Europe, 1700-1830
First published: 1997
Description: Taking a critical view of such conventional categorizations as the 'Rococo', the 'Neo-Classical', and the 'Romantic', Matthew Craske creates a totally new and vivid picture of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art in Europe. He engages with crucial thematic issues such as changes in 'taste' and 'manners' and the impact of enlightenment notions of progress. At the same time he goes well beyond the usual geographical limits of surveys to take in St Petersburg, Copenhagen, Warsaw, and Madrid.

The result is a refreshingly holistic survey which sets the art of the period firmly in its social history.
Subjects: Art, European, European Art, Beeldende kunsten, Modern Art, Sociale aspecten, Art, history, Art, early works to 1800, Art, modern, 19th century
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century
LC classification: N6756 .C73 1997