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A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art


A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art


Blackwell Companions to Art History 1. Aufl.

von: Michelle Facos, Dana Arnold

188,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 10.09.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781118856338
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 560

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<p><b>A comprehensive review of art in the first truly modern century</b></p> <p><i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> contains contributions from an international panel of noted experts to offer a broad overview of both national and transnational developments, as well as new and innovative investigations of individual art works, artists, and issues. The text puts to rest the skewed perception of nineteenth-century art as primarily Paris-centric by including major developments beyond the French borders. The contributors present a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the art world during this first modern century.</p> <p>In addition to highlighting particular national identities of artists, <i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> also puts the focus on other aspects of identity including individual, ethnic, gender, and religious. The text explores a wealth of relevant topics such as: the challenges the artists faced; how artists learned their craft and how they met clients; the circumstances that affected artist’s choices and the opportunities they encountered; and where the public and critics experienced art. This important text:</p> <ul> <li>Offers a comprehensive review of nineteenth-century art that covers the most pressing issues and significant artists of the era</li> <li>Covers a wealth of important topics such as: ethnic and gender identity, certain general trends in the nineteenth century, an overview of the art market during the period, and much more</li> <li>Presents novel and valuable insights into familiar works and their artists</li> </ul> <p>Written for students of art history and those studying the history of the nineteenth century, <i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> offers a comprehensive review of the first modern era art with contributions from noted experts in the field.</p>
<p>List of Figures ix</p> <p>About the Editor xiii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xv</p> <p>Series Editor’s Preface xxi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xxiii</p> <p>Introduction xxv<br /><i>Michelle Facos</i></p> <p>1 Moses Jacob Ezekiel’s Religious Liberty (1876) and the Nineteenth‐Century Jewish American Experience 1<br /><i>Samantha Baskind</i></p> <p>2 The Lure of “Magick Land”: British Artists and Italy in the Eighteenth Century 17<br /><i>Brendan Cassidy</i></p> <p>3 Mining the Dutch Golden Age: The Avant‐Garde Enterprise 35<br /><i>Johanna Ruth Epstein</i></p> <p>4 “The Revenge of Art on Life”: Beauty, Modernity, and Edward Burne‐Jones’s King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 51<br /><i>Andrea Wolk Rager</i></p> <p>5 Show and Tell: Exhibition Practice in the Nineteenth Century 69<br /><i>Patricia Mainardi</i></p> <p>6 Networked: The Art Market in the Nineteenth Century 83<br /><i>Pamela Fletcher and Anne Helmreich</i></p> <p>7 German Art Academies and their Impact on Artistic Style 103<br /><i>Sabine Wieber</i></p> <p>8 “Orientalism” in Art: The Case of John Frederick Lewis 121<br /><i>Julie Codell</i></p> <p>9 Wall to Wall: Zones of Artistic Engagement in Late Nineteenth‐Century America 139<br /><i>Melody Barnett Deusner</i></p> <p>10 “Like a Dog, Just Looking”: Cézanne, Innocence, and Early Phenomenological Thought in Nineteenth‐Century France 159<br /><i>Nina Athanassoglou‐Kallmyer</i></p> <p>11 Aesthetic Religion, Religious Aesthetics, and the Romantic Quest for Epiphany 175<br /><i>Cordula Grewe</i></p> <p>12 The Wanderers and Realism in Tsarist Russia 193<br /><i>Josephine Karg</i></p> <p>13 Thomas Cole and the Domestic Landscape of the Hudson River School 209<br /><i>William L. Coleman</i></p> <p>14 Sculpture and the Public Imagination: Nineteenth‐Century Site‐Specific Art of the Cemetery, the Garden, and the Street 225<br /><i>Caterina Y. Pierre</i></p> <p>15 Capturing Unconsciousness: The New Psychology, Hypnosis, and the Culture of Hysteria 243<br /><i>Fae Brauer</i></p> <p>16 Impressionism and the Mirror Image 263<br /><i>Martha Lucy</i></p> <p>17 Roots: Landscapes of Nationalism in the Long Nineteenth Century 281<br /><i>Neil McWilliam</i></p> <p>18 Australian Art in the Nineteenth‐Century: Forging a National Style 299<br /><i>Catherine Speck</i></p> <p>19 Tradition and Modernity in Nineteenth‐Century Catalan Art: From Romanticism to Picasso 315<br /><i>M. Lluïsa Faxedas Brujats</i></p> <p>20 Principle and Practice in Nineteenth‐Century Danish Landscape Painting 335<br /><i>Thor J. Mednick</i></p> <p>21 Art and Multiculturalism in Estonia and Latvia, circa 1900 353<br /><i>Bart Pushaw</i></p> <p>22 Nationalism and the Myth of Hungarian Origin: Attila and Árpád 371<br /><i>Terri Switzer</i></p> <p>23 In the Service of the Nation: Forging the Identity of Polish Art in the Nineteenth Century 391<br /><i>Agnieszka Rosales Rodriguez</i></p> <p>24 Facing Modernism: Jean‐Antoine Houdon and the Politics of the Portrait Bust in Eighteenth‐Century France 413<br /><i>Ronit Milano</i></p> <p>25 Identity Tourism: Studio Stagings in Nineteenth‐Century Photography 431<br /><i>Patricia G. Berman</i></p> <p>26 The Meaning of the Verb “To Be” in Painting: Manet’s Olympia 451<br /><i>Andrei Molotiu</i></p> <p>27 Cassatt’s Singular Women: Reading Le Figaro and the Older New Woman 467<br /><i>Ruth E. Iskin</i></p> <p>28 Fashion, Lithography, and Gender Instability in Romantic‐Era Paris: A Case Study 485<br /><i>Andrew Carrington Shelton</i></p> <p>29 Racist or Hero of Social Art?: Degas, the Birth of Sociology, and the Biopolitical Gaze 499<br /><i>Michael F. Zimmermann</i></p> <p>Index 519</p>
<p><b>Michelle Facos</b> teaches art history at Indiana University Bloomington. Author of <i>An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> (2011) and the website , Professor Facos's career is dedicated to promoting a balanced and holistic understanding of nineteenth-century art and civilization by reintegrating art and history beyond the boundaries of Western Europe into the existing narrative. Her previous anthologies, <i>Symbolist Roots of Modern Art</i> (2015, coedited with Thor J. Mednick) and <i>Art,</i> <i>Culture and National Identity in Fin-de-Siècle Europe</i> (2003, coedited with Sharon L. Hirsh) similarly cover developments from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean.
<p><b>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</b> <p><i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> contains contributions from an international panel of noted experts and offers a broad overview of both national and transnational developments as well as new and innovative investigations of individual artworks, artists, and issues. The text questions the perception of nineteenth-century art as primarily Paris-centric by including major developments from beyond French borders. <p>In addition to highlighting the influence of national identity on artists' works, <i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> discusses the impact of other aspects of identity including ethnicity, gender, and religion. The text explores a wealth of topics such as the challenges the artists faced, how artists learned their craft and met clients, the circumstances that affected artists' choices and the opportunities they encountered, as well as where the public and critics experienced art. In summary, this important text: <ul> <li>Offers a comprehensive review of nineteenth-century art that considers the most pressing issues and significant artists of the era</li> <li>Covers a wealth of important topics such as ethnic and gender identity, general trends in the nineteenth century, an overview of the art market during the period, and much more</li> <li>Presents valuable insights into familiar works and their artists</li> </ul> <p>Written for students of art history and those studying the history of the nineteenth century, <i>A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art</i> offers a comprehensive review of the first modern era of art.

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