Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art

by Robert Rosenblum

Book Overview

Rosenblum's classic essays on the art and architecture of this transformational period in modern art--now available in paperback for a new generation of readers

The importance of the late eighteenth century in the genesis of modern art emerges in these four essays on various aspects of the art and architecture of a neglected period. Written by the author of Cubism and Twentieth Century Art, the essays take a "Cubist view" of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691003025
• ISBN13: 9780691003023
• Release Date: October 1970
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

Rosenblum's Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art is still one of th best and most inspiring books on the art of neoclassicism and early romaticism. Encompassing both pictorial arts and architecture, it points central themes in the arts of that time. It offers clues to further investigations as to the seminal character of the fundamental changes in the art and architecture of the late 18th century. And it is wonderfully wide in perspective and clear in its argument. It presents a number of focus in a period where one gets easily lost in either superficial statements or far too detailed information.It is a great starting point for any research into its period.