The eighteenth century / Stephen Jones.

Main entry:

Jones, Stephen, 1954-

Title & Author:

The eighteenth century / Stephen Jones.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Description:

vi, 90 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Series:

Cambridge introduction to the history of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 88) and index.
The world and its taste -- Rococo art and architecture -- A new ideal: the Neoclassical vision -- The garden and nature -- Revolution and art.

Summary:

The eighteenth-century was an age of careful balance between classicism and romanticism in the arts and one moulded by the tension between individualism and the rise of middle-class taste. Stephen Jones outlines the main artistic developments of this period, relating them at all points to the experience of daily life in the age and highlighting the important figures in the arts whose careers exemplify the general themes - from Madame de Pompadour to Gainsborough and Nash. This introduction does not assume a wide-range of background knowledge. Themes are explained in context and technical terms made clear. The book introduces important elements that have often been given insufficient emphasis: the central place of the garden and landscaped park in the taste of patrons and builders and the influence of both French and Industrial revolutions on eighteenth-century art.

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ISBN:

0521240034
9780521240031
0521283965 (pbk.)
9780521283960 (pbk.)

Subject:

Blutiger Jupiter Musikgruppe Europa
Art, Modern 18th century.
Art, Rococo.
Neoclassicism (Art)
Art, Modern.
Art rococo.
Néoclassicisme (Art)
Art 18e siècle.
Klassizismus
Kunst
Rokoko
Beeldende kunsten.
Barok.
Rococo.
Art, Modern History.
Néo-classicisme (art)
Geschichte (1700-1800)
Europa
European visual arts, 1700-1800 - Critical studies

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Cambridge introduction to the history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 18635
Call No.: ID:87-B5930
Status: Available

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