Rural Artists' Colonies in Europe, 1870-1910
Author | : Nina Lübbren |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0719058678 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780719058677 |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rural Artists' Colonies in Europe, 1870-1910 written by Nina Lübbren and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Orchardson used unique visual strategies to tell thrilling and engaging stories. Regardless of genre, content or national context, these paintings share a fundamental modern narrative mode. Unlike traditional art, they do not rely on textual sources; nor do they tell stories through the human body alone. Instead, they experiment with objects, spaces, cause-and-effect relations and open-ended ambiguity, prompting viewers and reviewers to read for clues in order to weave their own elaborate tales.