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The Restless Century: Painting in Britain 1800-1900

The Restless Century: Painting in Britain 1800-1900 Hardcover - 1972

by Gaunt, William

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London: Phaidon Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in bright black buckram cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderate edge-wear, but not price-clipped. 171 plates, including 24 in full color. Nearly 100 British artists are surveyed here including from among the Romantics and the Pre-Raphaelites. Chapter include: "The advent of a new age," "The directions of imaginative art," "Crowning achievements in landscape," "Late romanticism & the early Victorian age," "The pre-Raphaelite revolt and its sequels," "Victorian realism," "Victorian idealism," and "New aesthetic currents and the fin de siecle." [7], 8-256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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