The Art & Ideas series offers introductory books on all aspects
of the history of art. Each book is written by an outstanding
expert in the field, in an accessible and lively style. Completely
up-to-date and comprehensive, these books are essential reading for
students and rewarding for anyone curious about art.
Romanticism was 'a way of feeling' rather than a style in art.
In the period c. 1775-1830, against the background of the French
Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, European artists, together with
poets and composers, initiated their own rebellion against the
dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day. Their
quest was for personal expression and individual liberation, and in
the process, the Romantics transformed the idea of art, seeing it
as an instrument of social and psychological change.
In this comprehensive volume, David Blayney Brown takes a
thematic approach to Romanticism, relating it to the concurrent,
more stylistic movements of Neoclassicism and the Gothic Revival,
and discussing its relationship with the political and social
developments of the era. He not only looks at how artists as
diverse as Goya, Delacroix, Friedrich and Turner responded to
landscapes or depicted historical events, but also examines artists
such as David and Ingres who are not usually considered Romantics.
As a result, the reader is given a clear understanding of a complex
movement that produced some of the greatest European art,
literature and music.
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