A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art

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<p><i>A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art</i> offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them.</p><ul><li>Covers both artistic developments and critical approaches to the period by leading contemporary scholars</li></ul><ul><li>Uses an innovative framework to emphasize the roles of tradition, modernity, and hierarchy in the production of artistic works of the period</li></ul><ul><li>Reveals the practical issues connected with the production, sale, public and private display of art of the period</li></ul><ul><li>Assesses eighteenth-century arts contribution to what we now refer to as modernity</li></ul><ul><li>Includes numerous illustrations, and is accompanied by online resources examining art produced outside Europe and its relationship with the West, along with other useful resources</li></ul>

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<b>Linda Walsh</b> is a former Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. An established scholar of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art, Walsh is the author of numerous articles and chapters on topics that include Canova and neoclassical theory; paintings by David, Watteau, and Chardin; eighteenth-century academies; art criticism; and British landscape art.

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