Restoration: The Fall of Napoleon in the Course of European Art, 1812-1820 (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts)
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Review "handsomely illustrated and profoundly revealing and stimulating"--Michael Prodger, Literary Review"A feast for the eyes ... the depth and breadth of [Crow's] learning is stupendous." - Tim Blanning, The Art Newspaper"...passionately echoes not only the politically engaged social art history Crow has played a part in establishing--it also aims to jolt readers living through years of political extremism and uncertainty ... the book's historical canvas is broad--Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Moscow, London, Waterloo--and if the action is not quite on a par with Stendhal and Tolstoy, the personalities are nearly as interesting. Beautiful glossy color reproductions accompany the enthusiastic, personable prose: the book retains the pleasing spirit of lectures by a master teacher..."--Andrei Pop, H-France Review Read more Review “A major scholarly achievement and an exhilarating read, Restoration provides an absorbing narrative about European art during and after the fall of the Napoleonic Empire. With a wealth of fresh interpretations, this extraordinarily wide-ranging, authoritative, and concise book gives us a new understanding of art under the Restoration as uniquely unstable, provisional, and mobile.”―Bridget Alsdorf, Princeton University “This thrilling book offers an entirely fresh and compelling set of perspectives on some of the most important artists of the early nineteenth century. Fusing tightly structured analysis with rich and colorful descriptions, anecdotes, and observations and offering stunning interpretations of individual works, Restoration takes us on a stimulating art historical journey.”―Mark Hallett, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Read more From the Back Cover "A major scholarly achievement and an exhilarating read, Restoration provides an absorbing narrative about European art during and after the fall of the Napoleonic Empire. With a wealth of fresh interpretations, this extraordinarily wide-ranging, authoritative, and concise book gives us a new understanding of art under the Restoration as uniquely unstable, provisional, and mobile." -- Bridget Alsdorf, Princeton University"This thrilling book offers an entirely fresh and compelling set of perspectives on some of the most important artists of the early nineteenth century. Fusing tightly structured analysis with rich and colorful descriptions, anecdotes, and observations and offering stunning interpretations of individual works, Restoration takes us on a stimulating art historical journey." -- Mark Hallett, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Read more About the Author Thomas Crow is the Rosalie Solow Professor of Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. His many books include Emulation: David, Drouais, and Girodet in the Art of Revolutionary France; The Long March of Pop: Art, Music, and Design 1930–1995; and No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art. He lives in New York City and in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Read more
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