Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover)

This ground-breaking book presents a critical study of pictorial narrative in nineteenth-century European painting. Covering works from France, Germany, Britain, Italy and elsewhere, it traces the ways in which immensely popular artists like Jean-Leon Gerome, Karl von Piloty and William Quiller Orchardson used unique visual strategies to tell thrilling and engaging stories. Regardless of genre, content or national context, these paintings share a fundamental modern narrative mode. Unlike traditional art, they do not rely on textual sources; nor do they tell stories through the human body alone. Instead, they experiment with objects, spaces, cause-and-effect relations and open-ended ambiguity, prompting viewers and reviewers to read for clues in order to weave their own elaborate tales. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Nina Lubbren
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-6857-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	1-5261-6857-X
Barcode:	9781526168573

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