The Romantic Revolution
€13.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780753828656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Prof. Tim Blanning |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.236 |
| Publishing Date | 27/10/2011 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.50 |
| Tax | €0.75 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.25 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.
Three great revolutions rocked the world around 1800. The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution - have inspired the greatest volume of literature. But the third - the romantic revolution - was perhaps the most fundamental and far-reaching. From Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Burns, to Beethoven, Wagner, Berlioz, Rossini and Liszt, to Goya, Turner, Delacroix and Blake, the romantics brought about nothing less than a revolution when they tore up the artistic rule book of the old regime.
This was the period in which art acquired its modern meaning; for the first time the creator, rather than the created, took centre-stage. Artists became the high priests of a new religion, and as the concert hall and gallery came to take the place of the church, the public found a new subject worthy of veneration in paintings, poetry and music. Tim Blanning''s sparkling, wide-ranging survey traces the roots and evolution of a cultural revolution whose reverberations continue to be felt today.