Narrative painting in nineteenth-century Europe / Nina Lübbren.

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-Léon Gérôme, Karl von Piloty and William Quiller O...

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Main Author: Lübbren, Nina (Author)
Other title:Narrative painting in 19th-century Europe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The terms of narrative
  • 2 Eloquent objects
  • 3 Patterns of reception
  • 4 Stories in paint
  • 5 Epilogue: Into the twentieth century
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.