Author: BARKER, EMMA, ED
Title: Art & visual culture, 1600-1850: academy to avant-garde / edited by Emma Barker
Description: London; Milton Keynes: Tate Publishing in association with the Open University 2012. 1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; vii. 354 p.: ill.(some col.); 29 cm. Notes; 'This publication forms part of the Open University module 'Exploring art and visual culture' (A226)' -- t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; pt. 1 City and country 1660-1760 -- ch. 1 Bernini and Baroque Rome / Carol M. Richardson -- ch. 2 Meaning and interpretation: Dutch painting of the golden age / Jason Gaiger -- ch. 3 The metropolitan urban renaissance: London 1660-1760 / Elizabeth McKellar -- ch. 4 The English landscape garden 1680-1760 / Susie West -- pt. 2 New worlds of art 1760-1850 -- ch. 5 Painting for the public / Emma Barker -- ch. 6 Canova. Neo-classicism and the sculpted body / Linda Walsh -- ch. 7 The other side of the world / Paul Wood -- ch. 8 Inventing the Romantic artist / Emma Barker. Summary; The second of three text books. published in association with the Open University. which offer an innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey. the volumes approach the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences. functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting. sculpture and architecture. it also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. '1600-1850 Academy to Avant-Garde' interrogates labels used in standard histories of the art of this period (Baroque. Rococo. Neo-Classicism and Romanticism) and examines both established and recent art-historical methodologies. including formalism. iconology. spectatorship and reception. identity and difference. Key topics. including 'Baroque Rome'. 'Dutch Painting of the Golden Age'. 'Georgian London'. the 'Paris Salon'. and the impact of the discovery of the South Pacific. Subjects; Art. European - 17th century. Art. European - History. Art. Modern - 17th century. Art. Modern - 18th century. Art. Modern - 19th century. Art appreciation - History. Aesthetics. Modern. Art. European - 18th century. Art. European - 19th century. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900. ART / History / Baroque & Rococo. ART / History / Romanticism. ART / Reference. Romanticism in art. Weight in Kg appr.:

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