Table of Contents

Introduction; Classicism and Romanticism; New World Frontiers; Realism and Naturalism; Modern Art and Life.

About the Author

Stephen F. Eisenmann teaches art history at Northwestern University. Thomas Crow is Professor of Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Brian Lukacher is Associate Professor of Art History at Vassar College. Linda Nochlin is Lila Wallace Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. David Llewellyn Phillips is Senior Lecturer in Visual Theory at the University of East London. Frances K. Pohl is Professor of Art History at Pomona College, California.

Reviews

The political, industrial, and cultural revolutions that punctuated the 19th century were reflected in the fine arts, though not always consciously. Art was no longer the sole domain of the upper classes, and the complexity of the new social order became evident in the works of artists like Blake and Goya early in the century and Cassatt and Eakins later on. In this first comprehensive reconsideration of 19th-century art from the viewpoint of the ``new'' art history, Eisenman and four other art historians examine issues of class, gender, racism, and Eurocentrism as they pertain to North American and European art. This handsomely produced volume, rich in ideas and illustrations, complements the works of Albert Boime (e.g., The Art of Exclusion: Representing Blacks in the Nineteenth Century, Smithsonian, 1990). Of interest to scholars and art enthusiasts alike.-Daniel J. Lombardo, Jones Lib., Amherst, Mass.