Desire and Excess: The Nineteenth-Century Culture of Art

by Jonah Siegel

Book Overview

In this fascinating look at the creative power of institutions, Jonah Siegel explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the nineteenth century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Treating these developments as interrelated, he analyzes both visual material and literary texts to portray a culture in which art came to be thought of in powerful new ways. Ultimately, Siegel shows that artistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691049149
• ISBN13: 9780691049144
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"