Richardson, Edgar Preston.

The Way of Western Art 1776-1914.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. 20 cm x 27.9 cm. Frontispiece. XI, 204 pages. With 174 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following essays: Classic and Romantic Idealism / Romantic Realism / Later Idealism And The Rise Of Post-Impressionism / The Twentieth Century etc.

Also includes for example the following artists and their works: Millet: The First Step / Manet: In The Cafe / Monet: The Old Saint-Lazare Station; The Train for Normandy / Renoir: The Bathers / Millais: Lady Mason after Her Confession / Corot: Wounded Eurydice / Cézanne: The Card Players / Matisse: The Window etc.

″The period in western art from 1776-1914 was one filled with swift changes and conflicts of thought. Ideas of great power, rising both within and without our culture, exerted enormous strains upon the tradition of western art, and again and again (so it seemed to contemporaries) altered it almost beyond recognition…” (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

• Keywords: Art · Art History · Artists · History of Art · Idealism · Impressionism · Inanna Modern – Art Books · Romanticism
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200461AB

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