The Nazarenes : romantic avant-garde and the art of the concept /

Traces the Nazarene 'art of the concept' from its Romantic inception to its academic transformation in the 1830s. Arguing that the Nazarenes, despite their revivalist agenda, were a quintessentially modern movement, the book provides a revisionist understanding of modernity in nineteenth-c...

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Main Author: Grewe, Cordula (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
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Summary:Traces the Nazarene 'art of the concept' from its Romantic inception to its academic transformation in the 1830s. Arguing that the Nazarenes, despite their revivalist agenda, were a quintessentially modern movement, the book provides a revisionist understanding of modernity in nineteenth-century art.
Physical Description:xvii, 380 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271064147 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271064145 (cloth : alk. paper)