Du rococo à la Révolution: Les principaux courants de la peinte su XVIIIe siecle

by Michael Levey, Maryse Cohen (Translator)

En este brillante estudio de la pintura del siglo XVIII, Michael Levey analiza en profundidad una época desgarrada entre fuerzas opuestas -la autocracia y la libertad en lo político, el rococó y el neoclasicismo en lo artístico-, que no son más que la manifestación de la oposición fundamental entre la mente consciente y la inconsciente. De Watteau hasta Goya, el libro pasa revista a los artistas más relevantes del período y cómo su pintura refleja el turbulento siglo en que se produce.
“Como introducción a los pintores del siglo XVIII, este libro me parece inigualado” (Raymond Mortimer, The Sunday Times).
“Un placer continuo. Y, a medida que uno avanza en la lectura, al placer se une el respeto” (Edward Lude-Smith).

Genres: Art, Art History, History, Nonfiction, School, Reference, College

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Sir Michael Vincent Levey (8 June 1927 - 28 December 2008) was an English art historian and was the director of the National Gallery from 1973 to 1986.

Reviews

[Lees · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.3/5

Shockingly interesting

[Katherine Hillman · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Effortlessly, they believed that art was needed, and society agreed with them. Indeed, it is noticeable how, through all the variations of artistic style the eighteenth century produced, no really great painter was neglected by the century. For each revolution art performed, there seemed a public ready to applaud."

This book was a great overview for 18th century art. Although I felt the book was a bit over critical and quick to find fault in artists at times, this book does a wonderful job linking art and artists to social and political issues happening in the 18th century.

[eat fug · Rating 1 out of 5]

while I'm sure this book has it's audience, I am certainly not it. it embodies almost everything I despise about the field of art history. I had thought I would have arrived at a better understanding of the subject matter, but now I only feel contempt towards it. would probably be better as an assigned reading for a class or lecture.

[Oz Ortega · Rating 4 out of 5]

---- en espera--

[Hillary · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like art but dislike Rocco a lot.

[keereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

worn copy, binding cracking in a coupla spots.