Bohemians: A Very Short Introduction

by David Weir

The Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed in the wake of the Age of Revolution. Without the patron system, the artist was free to move around, to seek an audience wherever fortune beckoned. This marketing model likening the artist's vagabond career to the "gypsy" life helps to explain part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197538290
• ISBN13: 9780197538296
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.6" x 6.9"