This book is simply fascinating. Nothing is forgotten. A multitude of artists are presented to us through their works.
Contents:
A beautiful introduction that includes the art of the nineteenth century (not that French art)
1. The romantic experiment
2. historicism to eclecticism
3. realistic revolution
4. The modern city
5. century Fins
Big pictures on every page (or almost)! Suffice to say that we are well served by illustrations: what shape the various analysis that we are exposed.
Besides the artistic aspect, this book presents the economic and political situation of France in the nineteenth century tormented.
In short, a must if we want to understand the complexity of French art in the nineteenth century.
