Art in Europe 1700-1830

by Matthew Craske

Book Overview

In an era of unprecedented change--rapid urbanization, economic growth, and political revolution--European artists from 1700-1830 were in the business of finding new ways of making, selling, and talking about art. Matthew Craske creates a totally new and vivid record of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art in Europe, taking a critical view of such conventional categories as the "rococo," the "neo-classical," and the "romantic." He goes on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192842064
• ISBN13: 9780192842060
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Good Historical Overview

A good addition to your Art Book Library. Good analysis of art in the 18th and early 19th centuries, in conjunction with world events.

An excellent art history book

I bought this for an art history course in college. The book has many high quality illustrations and half of them are in color. The book also features many details of the works presented in it. There are also comments about what was happening in the artists' lives when they were painting the works shown. The book also includes the political events that occured during the 18th and early 19th centuries. There is even a timeline in the back which shows what was happening in the art world and in the political world at the same time. The book focuses on the Rococo, Neo-Classical, and Romantic movements in painting and sculpture. There is no mention of architecture. This is a great book to have if you like art history.