German Romanticism and English art:

"This original study sets out to investigate and analyze the reactions of English artists in the four decades following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The period was a critical one: despite the brilliant achievements of Turner, Constable, and Lawrence, there was a growing uneasiness about the...

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1. Verfasser: Vaughan, William 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press 1979
Schriftenreihe:Studies in British art
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Zusammenfassung:"This original study sets out to investigate and analyze the reactions of English artists in the four decades following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The period was a critical one: despite the brilliant achievements of Turner, Constable, and Lawrence, there was a growing uneasiness about the "sensuous" direction taken by the British School as a whole. After years of isolation due to the wars with France, British artists became aware of striking new developments in continental art, culminating in the 1840s when German monumental painting was held up as a model for the competitions for the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:Expanded and revised version of the author's thesis: The German manner in English art, 1815-55, London University, 1977
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 308 Seiten) 176 Illustrationen (some color)
ISBN:0300259492
9780300259490
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00229

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