Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526168573)

This ground-breaking book presents a critical study of pictorial narrative in nineteenth-century European painting. Covering works from France, Germany, Britain, Italy and elsewhere, it traces the ways in which immensely popular artists like Jean-L駮n G駻e, Karl von Piloty and William Quiller Orchardson used unique visual strategies to tell thrilling and engaging stories. Regardless of genre, content or national context, these paintings share a fundamental modern narrative mode. Unlike traditional art, they do not rely on textual sources; nor do they tell stories through the human body alone. Instead, they experiment with objects, spaces, cause-and-effect relations and open-ended ambiguity, prompting viewers and reviewers to read for clues in order to weave their own elaborate tales.

Author: Nina L?bren
ISBN-10: 152616857X
ISBN-13: 9781526168573
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.69w x 0.87d