An introduction to nineteenth century art

Using the tools of the "new" art history (feminism, Marxism, social context, etc.) An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art offers a richly textured, yet clear and logical, introduction to nineteenth-century art and culture. This textbook will provide readers with a basic historical framework of the period and the critical tools for interpreting and situating new and unfamiliar works of art.

Chapter 1: A Time of Transition ; Social Critique ; Moral Reform ; Monarch as Model ; Era of Change ; Age of Discovery ; Grand Tour ; Antiquity Becomes Fashionable ; Neoclassical Style ; Calm Grandeur in Dante -- Chapter 2: Classical Influences and Radical Transformations ; Neoclassicm in Britain ; Neoclassicism Becomes Popular ; The Elgin Marbles ; Homer Illustrations ; Political Instability in France ; D'Angiviller's Reform Program ; Roman Virtue ; Neoclassical Eroticism ; Neoclassical Sculpture ; Neoclassicism in Denmark and the German States -- Chapter 3: Re-presenting Contemporary History ; Legitimizing Contemporary History ; Painting of Contemporary History in France ; Political Instability ; New Hero for a New Republic ; Equestrian Portraits: Rulers on Horseback ; Neoclassicism made Ridiculous ; Legitimizing Bonaparte ; Transgressive History Painting ; Representing Republican Values ; Establishing Museums -- Chapter 4: Romanticism ; Origins and Characteristics ; Burke's Sublime ; Blake and the Imagination ; Nature Mysticism ; Goya: Ambiguity and Modernism ; Abnormal Mental States ; Sculpture ; Escape to the National Past: England ; Medievalism in France: Troubadour Style ; …