Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe, (Paperback)

This ground-breaking book presents a critical study of pictorial narrative in nineteenth-century European painting. Covering works from France, Germany, Britain, Italy and elsewhere, it traces the ways in which immensely popular artists like Jean-Léon Gérôme, Karl von Piloty and William Quiller Orchardson used unique visual strategies to tell thrilling and engaging stories. Regardless of genre, content or national context, these paintings share a fundamental modern narrative mode. Unlike traditional art, they do not rely on textual sources; nor do they tell stories through the human body alone. Instead, they experiment with objects, spaces, cause-and-effect relations and open-ended ambiguity, prompting viewers and reviewers to read for clues in order to weave their own elaborate tales.

• Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe, (Paperback)
• Author: Nina Lübbren
• ISBN: 9781807074562
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2027-01-19
• Page Count: 240