Art in Bourgeois Society, 17901850 by Andrew Hemingway

Art in Bourgeois Society, 17901850 by Andrew Hemingway

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This collection reasserts the importance of class analysis to critical art history in the key phase of bourgeois history from 1790–1850. A group of specialist scholars examine related developments in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. Themes covered include exhibitions, art criticism, patronage, taste, and the political resonances of specific artworks.

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Art in Bourgeois Society, 17901850 by Andrew Hemingway

This collection reasserts the importance of class analysis to a critical art history by studying artistic practices in the key phase of bourgeois history from 1790-1850. A group of specialist scholars examine related developments in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. Themes covered include exhibitions, art criticism, patronage, taste, and the political resonances of specific artworks. Each section of the book has an introduction sketching bourgeois class formation in the society concerned, and reviewing the historical literature about it.
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ISBN 13 9780521551823
ISBN 10 052155182X
Title Art in Bourgeois Society, 17901850
Author Andrew Hemingway
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1998-06-25
Number of pages 386
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