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Five centuries of British painting : from Holbein to Hodgkin / Andrew Wilton.

By: Wilton, Andrew [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: World of art: Publisher: London Thames & Hudson, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500203490 (paperback).Subject(s): Painting, BritishDDC classification: 759.2
Contents:
The Renaissance princes : The Tudors 1500-1603 -- The Renaissance princes : The Stuarts 1603-1688 -- The age of improvement : 1688-1750 -- The age of industry : 1750-1800 -- Romantic virtuosos : 1800-1840 -- Middle-class moralities : 1840-1860 -- The apogee of empire : 1860-1910 -- The great debate : 1910-1960 -- A new reality : since 1960.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Britain has played a key part in the history of the last five centuries, and its art reflects this in absorbing and complex ways. The distinguished art historian Andrew Wilton traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing imperial influence.

The pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period is fully explored, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. Consistent undercurrents revealed include Britain's preference for the real world (landscape, portraiture) as against 'high' art and abstraction.

Andrew Wilton offers new insights into the great personalities of British painting, and assesses afresh the latest flowering, in which many threads of modern art come together in sometimes startling guises.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.

The Renaissance princes : The Tudors 1500-1603 -- The Renaissance princes : The Stuarts 1603-1688 -- The age of improvement : 1688-1750 -- The age of industry : 1750-1800 -- Romantic virtuosos : 1800-1840 -- Middle-class moralities : 1840-1860 -- The apogee of empire : 1860-1910 -- The great debate : 1910-1960 -- A new reality : since 1960.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew Wilton was the first Curator of the Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection at Tate Britain, London, and is the author of many works on the artist, including the standard catalogue of the watercolours.