Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Neoclassicism, as a return to the forms and ideals of ancient art, and Romanticism, as an intellectual attitude, are no longer seen as mutually exclusive alternatives. Looking specifically to Europe, the United States and Russia, the authors of this carefully researched book have selected the notion of subjectivism as the common denominator that links the visual arts and architecture between the periods of rococo and realism. A conscious decision was made to extend the time period under consideration to 1848 in order to be able to present painters as widely varied as Johann Heinrich Fussli, John Constable, William Turner, William Blake, Casper David Friedrich, Philipp Otto Runge and Francisco de Goya within this sumptuously illustrated book. In Neoclassicism and Romanticism, the journey of discovery continues in an epoch that is marked by radical change and the decline of the courtly and clerical worlds. Here, the clear structure and simple forms of the classical period, modeled after ancient Greek styles, are documented, as well as the new, intimate relationship between humans and nature which is expressed in the landscape painting of the romantic period.

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