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Hogarth's pugnaciously xenophobic "Gates of Calais", Giambattista Tiepolo's grandiose murals at Wurzburg, Goya's satirical engravings, Los Caprichos, and Canova's chastely classical sculptures could hardly be more different but all are aspects of the same period. In an era of unprecedented change - rapid urbanization, economic growth, political revolution - artists were in the business of finding new ways of making art, new ways of selling art, and new ways of talking about art. Matthew Craske creates a vivid picture of 18th- and early 19th-century art in Europe, taking a critical view of such conventional categorizations as the "Rococo", the "Neo-Classical", and the "Romantic". He engages with crucial thematic issues such as changes in "taste" and "manners" and the impact of enlightenment notions of progress, and at the same time goes beyond the usual geographical limits of surveys to take in St Petersburg, Copenhagen, Warsaw, and Madrid. The result is a holistic survey which sets the art of the period firmly in its social history.
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• Art Nouveau, the myth, the modern, the national - politics and culture-- France - Paris and Nancy-- Belgium - Brussels and Liege-- Germany - Munich-- Spain - Barcelona-- Britain - Glasgow-- Austria - Vienna-- Czech - Prague-- Hungary-- Poland-- Russia-- Finland.
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This critical survey of the Art Nouveau movement reveals the diversity of this style across the breadth of the European continent. With the inclusion of Eastern Europe and the full range of artistic media, the book shows how this movement changed the face of European art and design from Paris to Prague. Clearly structured by country, it traces the emergence of Art Nouveau, highlighting the particular interpretations of the style in each country. Countries covered include: Belgium; Spain; Britain; Austria; Hungary; and Russia. Each chapter contains sections on political and cultural contexts, specific visual characteristics and key artists and designers. It analyzes the contribution of both well-known artists and designers such as Gaudi; Van de Velde; Mackintosh; and Mucha, and brings to light many others whose contributions have been largely inaccessible. With a bibliography and glossary, this text should provide a useful introduction to this subject.
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Traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The book covers various areas including works of Impressionism, Cubism, Constructivism and Surrealism.
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