Ebook: An introduction to nineteenth century art

Chapter 1: A Time of Transition -- Chapter 2: Classical Influences and Radical Transformations -- Chapter 3: Re-presenting Contemporary History -- Chapter 4: Romanticism -- Chapter 5: Shifting Focus: Art and the Natural World -- Chapter 6: Colonialism, Imperialism, Orientalism -- Chapter 7: New Audiences, New Approaches -- Chapter 8: Photography as Fact and Fine Art -- Chapter 9: Realism and the Urban Poor -- Chapter 10: Imagined Communities: Views of Peasant Life -- Chapter 11: Crisis in the Academy -- Chapter 12: Impressionism -- Chapter 13: Symbolism -- Chapter 14: Individualism and Collectivism.;Using the tools of the "new" art history (feminism, Marxism, social context, etc.) An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art offers a richly textured, yet clear and logical, introduction to nineteenth-century art and culture. This textbook will provide readers with a basic historical framework of the period and the critical tools for interpreting and situating new and unfamiliar works of art.