Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe

di Nina Lübbren (Autore)

Manchester University Press, 2023

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. -- .

• Autore: Nina Lübbren
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 170 mm
• Peso: 762 gr.
• EAN: 9781526168573

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