{"product_id":"a-guide-to-eighteenth-century-art-paperback-softback-9781118475515","title":"A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118475515","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Walsh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118475515, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 August 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is plenty to inform both the serious academic and the general interested layman in this ground-breaking treatise as the text is readable and clear. For anyone with even a passing interest in the eighteenth century, this book will both enlighten and inform.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eDiana Dixon, \u003cem\u003eReference Reviews,\u003c\/em\u003e Volume 31, Number 4, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art\u003c\/i\u003e offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers both artistic developments and critical approaches to the period by leading contemporary scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses an innovative framework to emphasize the roles of tradition, modernity, and hierarchy in the production of artistic works of the period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the practical issues connected with the production, sale, public and private display of art of the period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses eighteenth-century art’s contribution to what we now refer to as ‘modernity’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous illustrations, and is accompanied by online resources examining art produced outside Europe and its relationship with the West, along with other useful resources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompanion Website xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Style, Society, Modernity 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Institutional Hierarchies: Art and Craft 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Genres and Contested Hierarchies 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Markets, Publics, Expert Opinions 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Taste, Criticism and Journalism 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Seeking a Moral Order: The Choice between Virtue and Pleasure 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 260\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20art%20\/%20art%20\u0026amp;%20design%20styles%20%5BAC%5D%22\"\u003eAC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52165879562520,"sku":"9781118475515","price":30.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118475515.jpg?v=1781101366","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-guide-to-eighteenth-century-art-paperback-softback-9781118475515","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}