Arts of the 19th Century: 1780 To 1850 & 1850 To 1905 - Vol. 1-2
Autor:
William Vaughan, Francoise Cachin
Editura:
Harry N.Abrams, Inc.
ISBN:
0810919826 & 0810919877
Preţ magazin :
781 RON
Carte în limba:
engleză
Descriere:
Vol. I:
First published in French by 'Editions Citadelles & Mazenod, with whom Abrams holds the translation copyright, and authored by a team of scholars associated with the Mus?e d'Orsay, this is a media-based survey of the arts of the last half of the 19th century. More heavily illustrated than the Anglophone standard work by H.W. Janson and Robert Rosenblum (19th-Century Art, 1984), this book is awkward to use or even to read. Each of the five areasApainting, sculpture, photography, the decorative arts, and architectureAis followed by a selection of fairly good color plates, but there are no references to the plates in the text. At the back, in a section called "Documentation," are another 450 or so black-and-white illustrations grouped by medium but again otherwise without reference. Although the essays read well (and it can be a pleasure to read text without interruption), finding the works mentioned can be maddening, and some of those mentioned are not illustrated.
Vol. II: This encyclopedic review of the arts of the second half of the 19th century is produced by the director and curators of the Musée d'Orsay, the Paris museum devoted to the period. The formidably rich subject material is divided into several sections: painting, sculpture, the decorative arts, photography, and architecture. The last two are refreshing additions to a discipline that sometimes overlooks these "mechanical" art forms. This was a time of artistic ferment, with the burgeoning wealth produced by industrialization and the growth of the empire providing new subjects and markets for artists in Europe and America. Scholarly essays introduce each section, setting artists and art movements in their historical and social contexts. The illustrations supporting the essays are well chosen, with more important artists represented not only by famous icons but also by lesser-known works--there are many pleasant surprises among the more than 200 color plates and 550 black-and-white pictures of the supporting "Documentation." While drawing heavily on the Orsay's fabulously rich artistic holdings, the curators have included important works from collections on both sides of the Atlantic. The book is printed in France and the color reproductions are excellent; in fact, its strength lies in these illustrations. With some digging, researchers will be able to find in this single, comprehensive volume almost anything they want to know about the arts of the period. --John Stevenson
*Beware! There are 2 vol., and they are selling together.
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Format:
10.0" x 12.8" + 10.2" x 12.8", 625 + 630 pp., hardback
Anul apariţiei:
1998
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