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Romanticism and Its Discontents Anita Brookner

Romanticism and Its Discontents By Anita Brookner

Romanticism and Its Discontents by Anita Brookner


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Summary

By examining the lives and works of eight painters and writers (Delacroix, Ingres and Gros, the Brothers Goncourt, Zola, Alfred de Musset and Husymans), this work traces how French Romanticism followed the political turmoil of the late 18th century.

Romanticism and Its Discontents Summary

Romanticism and Its Discontents by Anita Brookner

In this work, the author has written her first book on art history for many years. She examines the works and lives of eight 10th century painters and writers. She traces how French Romanticism followed the political turmoil of the late 18th century and the defeat of Waterloo in 1815, and replaced the agnosticism of the Enlightenment and Revolution with a new heroism. Examining the works of Delacroix, Ingres and Gros, the brothers Goncourt, Baudelaire, Zola, Alfred de Musset and Huysmans, she argues that the Romantics in France made the heroism of modern life their creed and transferred their idealism to the domain of art, either as practitioners or as critics. At the same time, the author takes the reader on a tour of these artists and writers, bringing vividly to life unfamiliar works, and casting a new light on more familiar ones.

About Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner was born in London and apart from several years in Paris has lived there ever since. She trained as an art historian and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art until 1988. She has written a number of books on art history and 19 novels, including the 1984 Booker Prize winner, HOTEL DU LAC.

Table of Contents

Romanticism - a change of outlook; Gros - hero and victim; Alfred de Musset - enfant du siecle; Baudelaire - the black frock coat; Delacroix - romantic classicist; Ingres - art for art's sake; the Brothers Goncourt - the breakdown of joy; Zola - art for life's sake; Huysmans - the madness of art.

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GOR003104964
9780140294897
0140294899
Romanticism and Its Discontents by Anita Brookner
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20011101
208
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