German Romantic Painting Redefined de Mitchell Benjamin Frank

German Romantic Painting Redefined: Nazarene Tradition and the Narratives of Romanticism

Mitchell Benjamin Frank

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2017

The modernist aesthetic and, later, Nazi ideology split German Romantic painting into two opposed phases, an early progressive movement, represented by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) and Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810), and a later reactionary one - epitomized by Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869) and Peter von Cornelius (1783-1867). In this rich and engaging book, Mitchell Frank explores the continuities between these two phases to reconstruct the historical position that existed in the nineteenth century and to look once again at the Nazarenes - and Overbeck in particular - as a fully integrated part of the Romantic movement. His innovative book is crucial to an understanding of German Romanticism and the legacy of this period in European art.

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Express

Paperback (1)

295^.38 lei 6-8 săpt.

Taylor & Francis – 16 mai 2017

295^.38 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (1)

760^.77 lei 6-8 săpt.

Taylor & Francis – 13 noi 2001

760^.77 lei 6-8 săpt.

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Contents; Introduction, I. Themes of German Romantic Painting: Brotherhood; The Romantic Self; Role-Playing: Overbeck as the monk-srtist; Overbeck the independent man; Overbeck the monk-artist; Historicism; The Nazarenes’ view on imitation; The Nazarenes’ search for origins; Indirect Communication; Fredrich’s reflections on nature; Runge and the coherence of art; II. Romanticism Rewritten: The marginalization of the Nazarenes, The first histories of modern German painting; The Nazarenes and the critics, 1850-1900; From Overbeck and Cornelius to Friedrich and Runge, From nationalism to formalism, From formalism to racism, the reassessment of Goethe, The Nazarenes defended; Anti-Semitism and formalism, Conclusion, Index.

Descriere

'This is an interesting and thought provoking book which provides a valuable new perspective on the history of the reception and interpretation of German Romantic art, and in particular the problematic position of the Nazarenes within this narrative. ...there is an increasing understanding of how important this art is for gaining an understanding of the period in general. Frank's book is genuinely innovative and will undoubtedly attract international attention.' German Romantic Painting focuses on the view of Romanticism as a medieval-revivalist movement characterised by the work of the Nazarenes. In the nineteenth century, the Nazarenes were much more popular than either Caspar David Friedrich or P.O. Runge, and their art defined the Romantic movement for most of their contemporaries. The author then plots the nationalist and formalist arguments that were used to redefine the period in terms of landscape painting. German Romantic Painting revises our understanding of German Romanticism through an historical and historiographical reconsideration of the period.