The Art of the Salon: The Triumph of 19th-Century Painting

by Norbert Wolf

The Paris Salons of the mid-19th century are more famous today for the paintings that were rejected than for those that were actually shown. The rejected works form today's canon of art history and are regarded as heralds of a modern age. This book looks to reassess the other side of the art history of the 19th century. Salon painting has often been dismissed as overly academic or staid. Art historian Norbert Wolf turns back the pages of history as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791346261
• ISBN13: 9783791346267
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 7.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 11.6" x 13.8"