Main entry:

Boime, Albert.

Title & Author:

Art in an age of counterrevolution, 1815-1848 / Albert Boime.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Description:

xvii, 750 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

A social history of modern art ; v. 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and (pages 659-709) and index.
Congress of Vienna: conceptualizing counterrevolution -- Restoration bliss: the Nazarenes -- Restoration horror: Part I -- Restoration horror: part II -- Charles X: French absolutism's last stand -- Counterrevolution of the July monarchy: an umbrella organization, 1830-1848 -- Fractures in the juste milieu -- Counterrevolutionary origins of photography and modern landscape painting -- Counterrevolution in America: a comparison -- England and the transition: Romanticism to Realism.

Summary:

"Art for art's sake. Art created in pursuit of personal expression. In Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, Albert Boime rejects these popular modern notions and suggests that history - not internal drive or expressive urge - as the dynamic force that shapes art." "This volume focuses on the astonishing range of art forms currently understood to fall within the broad category of Romanticism. Drawing on visual media and popular imagery of the time, this illustrated work examines the art of Romanticism as a reaction to the social and political events surrounding it. Boime reinterprets canonical works by such politicized artists as Goya, Delacroix, Gericault, Friedrich, and Turner, framing their work not by personality but by its sociohistorical context. Boime's approach and scope allows him to incorporate a wide range of perspectives into his analysis of Romantic art, including Marxism, social history, gender identity, ecology, structuralism, and psychoanalytic theory, a reach that parallels the work of contemporary cultural historians and theorists such as Edward Said, Pierre Bourdieu, Eric Hobsbawm, Frederic Jameson, and T.J. Clark." "Boime ultimately establishes that art serves the interests and aspirations of the cultural bourgeoisie. In grounding his arguments on their work and its scope and influence, he elucidates how all artists are inextricably linked to history. This book will be used widely in art history courses and exert influence on cultural studies as well."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0226063372
9780226063379
0226063380
9780226063386

Subject:

Art, European 19th century.
Art, American 19th century.
Art and society.
Counterrevolutions Europe History 19th century.
Art européen 19e siècle.
Art américain 19e siècle.
Art et société.
Contre-révolutions Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Art, American.
Art, European.
Counterrevolutions.
Beeldende kunsten.
Romantiek.
Inspiratie.
Sociale geschiedenis.
Europe History 1815-1848.
Europe Histoire 1815-1848.
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Boime, Albert. Social history of modern art ; v. 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260534
Call No.: BIB 191444
Status: Available