frederick cummings allen staley robert (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. Plates bright and vivid. Year 1968. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Before 1760, the majority of British artists were portraitists, but, in the following decades, a new range of subjects was given legitimacy, and a whole new spectrum of artistic conceptions. purposes, and preoccupations came into being. A scientific interest in nature inspired Gains- borough, Constable, and Turner to paint their experimental landscapes; William Holman Hunt and Ford Madox Brown to portray the optical effects of light; and George Stubbs and Edwin Landseer to analyze the anatomy and psychol- ogy of animals. A lively new interest in the past opened a rich lode of themes for such artists as Gavin Hamilton, Benjamin West, and the Pre- Raphaelites, and a growing fascination with psychological responses prompted William Blake and Henry Fuseli to probe the dark re- cesses of the human spirit. Romantic Art in Britain, the catalogue of a major exhibition held in 1968 at the Philadel- phia Museum of Art and at The Detroit Institute of Arts, presents a large numbe.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 335 pp. Oblong. Very Good. Soft Covers. Minor rip on bottom of spine. Pages fine. B&W plates throughout. A catalogue of British Romantic Art shown at both the Detroit Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1968. A good description of the artists, the artists' work on display, and previous display information. Heavy volume, additional shipping fees may apply.