The Eighteenth Century

by Stephen Jones

Book Overview

The eighteenth-century was an age of careful balance between classicism and romanticism in the arts and one moulded by the tension between individualism and the rise of middle-class taste. Stephen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521283965
• ISBN13: 9780521283960
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Simple but Comprehensive

Jones manages to focus in on the most basic parts of 18th Cent. art, from its light-hearted Rococo beginnings to its more serious-minded and sometimes political NeoClassicism. What he lacks in detail he more than makes up for by writing in an accessible, straight-forward prose that doesn't require a Master's Degree in Art History to be understood. He provides numerous illustrations, many of which (unfortunately) are not in color, and he also touches on major accomplishments in architecture and landscape design. This book is a great introduction for anyone interested in a study of 18th cent. art or even for the curious layman, but it is probably too general for serious researchers.