The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300197624)

From the 1770s through the 1840s, German, Austrian, and Swiss artists used the medium of printmaking to create works that synthesized poetry, literature, music, and the visual arts in new and captivating ways. Finding an eager audience in the growing number of educated middle-class collectors, printmakers experimented with modern technologies, such as lithography, and drew on the contemporary interest in regional folklore and traditional fairy tales to produce innovative compositions that both contributed to and reflected the dramatic cultural and political upheavals of the Romantic era. Featuring the work of more than 120 artists, including Casper David Friedrich, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Joseph Anton Koch, Philipp Otto Runge, and Johann Gottfried Schadow, this authoritative book contains many unique and never-before-published examples of prints from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's unrivaled collection.

Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Author: John Ittmann
ISBN-10: 0300197624
ISBN-13: 9780300197624
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.80lbs
Size: 11.60h x 10.00w x 1.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2018