Art, Science, and the Body in Early Romanticism

Innovative, alternative account of romanticism, exploring how art and science together contested the evidentiary authority of the human body.

List of contents

1. De Loutherbourg's mesmeric effects; 2. Fuseli's physiognomic impressions; 3. Girodet's electric shocks; 4. Self evidence on the scaffold.

About the author

Stephanie O'Rourke is a lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews.

Summary

This new, interdisciplinary history of romanticism, art and science, reveals how romantic artworks participated in a profound crisis concerning the relationship between knowledge and the human body at the end of European Enlightenment. A multi-national approach focuses on the artists Henry Fuseli, Anne-Louis Girodet and Philippe de Loutherbourg.

Foreword

Innovative, alternative account of romanticism, exploring how art and science together contested the evidentiary authority of the human body.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie O'Rourke, Stephanie (University of St Andrews O''rourke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009001267
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0900126-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, C 1600 To C 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800