Beauty and Art 1750-2000

Zusatztext Superbly Written, Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Prettejohn is Professor of Modern Art at the University of Plymouth. Klappentext Beautifully illustrated with 100 photographs--60 in full color--"Beauty & Art" concludes with a challenging question for the future: Why should we care about beauty in the 21st century? Zusammenfassung What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Eighteenth-Century Germany 2: Early Nineteenth Century France 3: Victorian Aestheticism 4: Modernism Further Reading

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Prettejohn, Prettejohn Elizabeth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2005
• EAN: 9780192801609
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280160-9
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Oxford History of Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Art Nouveau, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), Pre-Raphaelite, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Art & Design Styles: Pre-Raphaelite Art, Art & design styles: Art Nouveau