Material Inspirations: The Interests of the Art Object in the Nineteenth Century and After

by Jonah Siegel

This book is a study of the complex relationship between matter and idea that shaped the nineteenth-century culture of art, and that in turn determined the course of still-current accounts of art's nature and value. Fundamental questions about the effects of material conditions on the creation and reception of art arose as early as the nineteenth century, and put important pressures on later eras. The place of class distinctions in the making and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198858000
• ISBN13: 9780198858003
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"