A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 1: Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800

by Albert Boime

Book Overview

In A Social History of Modern Art, a sweeping multivolume social history of Western art from the French Revolution to World War I, Albert Boime moves beyond the concern with style and form that has traditionally characterized the study of art history and, in the tradition of Arnold Hauser, examines art in a broad historical context. Into his wide-ranging cultural inquiry Boime incorporates not only frequently studied mainstream artists and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226063348
• ISBN13: 9780226063348
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 8.9"