A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 2
Title | A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Boime |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1993-05-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780226063362 |
In this second volume, Albert Boime continues his work on the social history of Western art in the Modern epoch. This volume offers a major critique and revisionist interpretation of Western European culture, history, and society from Napoleon's seizure of power to 1815. Boime argues that Napoleon manipulated the production of images, as well as information generally, in order to maintain his political hegemony. He examines the works of French painters such as Jacques-Louis David and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, to illustrate how the art of the time helped to further the emperor's propagandistic goals. He also explores the work of contemporaneous English genre painters, Spain's Francisco de Goya, the German Romantics Philipp Otto Runge and Caspar David Friedrich, and the emergence of a national Italian art. Heavily illustrated, this volume is an invaluable social history of modern art during the Napoleonic era. Stimulating and informative, this volume will become a valuable resource for faculty and undergraduates.—R. W. Liscombe, Choice
Social History of Art, Volume 2
Title | Social History of Art, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold Hauser |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 501 |
Release | 2005-07-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1134637527 |
First published in 1951 Arnold Hauser's commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. Exploring the interaction between art and society, Hauser effectively details social and historical movements and sketches the frameworks in which visual art is produced. This new edition provides an excellent introduction to the work of Arnold Hauser. In his general introduction to The Social History of Art, Jonathan Harris asseses the importance of the work for contemporary art history and visual culture. In addition, an introduction to each volume provides a synopsis of Hauser's narrative and serves as a critical guide to the text, identifying major themes, trends and arguments.
Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800
Title | Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800 PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Boime |
Publisher | |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Art and revolutions |
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A Social History of Modern Art
Title | A Social History of Modern Art PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Boime |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1987 |
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A Social History of Modern Art
Title | A Social History of Modern Art PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Boime |
Publisher | |
Pages | 778 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Art and society |
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The New Art History
Title | The New Art History PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan P. Harris |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 041523008X |
In this excellent book, Jonathan Harris explores the fundamental changes which have occurred both in the institutions and practice of art history over the last thirty years.
Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848
Title | Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848 PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Boime |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 771 |
Release | 2004-08-18 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0226063372 |
Art for art's sake. Art created in pursuit of personal expression. In Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, Albert Boime rejects these popular modern notions and suggests that history—not internal drive or expressive urge—as the dynamic force that shapes art. This volume focuses on the astonishing range of art forms currently understood to fall within the broad category of Romanticism. Drawing on visual media and popular imagery of the time, this generously illustrated work examines the art of Romanticism as a reaction to the social and political events surrounding it. Boime reinterprets canonical works by such politicized artists as Goya, Delacroix, Géricault, Friedrich, and Turner, framing their work not by personality but by its sociohistorical context. Boime's capacious approach and scope allows him to incorporate a wide range of perspectives into his analysis of Romantic art, including Marxism, social history, gender identity, ecology, structuralism, and psychoanalytic theory, a reach that parallels the work of contemporary cultural historians and theorists such as Edward Said, Pierre Bourdieu, Eric Hobsbawm, Frederic Jameson, and T. J. Clark. Boime ultimately establishes that art serves the interests and aspirations of the cultural bourgeoisie. In grounding his arguments on their work and its scope and influence, he elucidates how all artists are inextricably linked to history. This book will be used widely in art history courses and exert enormous influence on cultural studies as well.