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Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin (World of Art) Book

Paperback. Pages: 224 Publisher: Thames & Hudson itain has played a key role in the history of the last five centuries. and its art reflects this in absorbing but complex ways. At first. foreign artists and influences were dominant - for example. Holbein. Van Dyck. Lely and Kneller. In the century of Hogarth. Reynolds and Gainsborough. itish painting reflected an increasingly confident society. propelled by Imperialist expansion and industrial advance. Constable and Turner were among many pioneers in the artistic revolutions of the Romantic period . when itish influence extended across Europe. The Victorian age saw the moral dilemmas. reflected in art. of Christian values ??challenged by science. A consistent undercurrent has been itain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against high art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of it...Read More

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  • Foyles

    Britain has played a key part in the history of the last five centuries, and its art reflects this in absorbing and complex ways. The distinguished art historian Andrew Wilton traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing imperial influence. The pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period is fully explored, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. Consistent undercurrents revealed include Britain’s preference for the real world (landscape, portraiture) as against ‘high’ art and abstraction. Andrew Wilton offers new insights into the great personalities of British painting, and assesses afresh the latest flowering, in which many threads of modern art come together in sometimes startling guises.

  • ASDA

    A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against high art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of British painting and an assessment of its latest flowering.

  • 0500203490
  • 9780500203491
  • Andrew Wilton
  • 11 February 2002
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
  • illustrated edition
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