Romanticism
Author(s): David Blayney Brown
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A fresh approach to Romanticism, one of the most compelling and revolutionary artistic movements. The author takes a thematic approach to this period, relating it to the concurrent, more stylistic movements of Neoclassicism and Gothic Revival, and discussing its relationship with politics.
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Dr David Blayney Brown is Senior Curator at the Tate, heading the Turner Collection in the Clore Gallery. He has arranged exhibitions (both in the UK and abroad) and written monographs on numerous artists of the Romantic era, including Samuel Palmer, David Wilkie and Turner. He is a frequent contributor to Burlington Magazine and Apollo, and is Vice-President of the Byron Society. Author's residence: London SW6
Introduction * The Portrait of the Artist * Heroes, Martyrs, Soldiers, Citizens * Landscapes * The Romantic Sense of the Past * The Lure of the Exotic * Altered States * Love and Death * Epilogue * Glossary * Brief Biographies * Key Dates * Map * Further Reading * Index
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- : Phaidon Press Ltd
- : Phaidon Press Ltd
- : 0.885
- : 01 June 2001
- : 220mm X 160mm X 25mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2001
- : books
Special Fields
- : David Blayney Brown
- : Paperback
- : 709.0342
- : 448
- : 200 colour and 50 b&w illustrations, glossary, map, index