{"product_id":"narrative-painting-in-nineteenth-century-europe-9781526168573","title":"Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new lens through which to appreciatively view works that might not have previously seemed worthy of close analysis. It reveals the impressive ingenuity with which artists and critics of the second half of the nineteenth century sought to bring pleasure to viewers and readers hungering for engaging stories. Given that pleasure is not prominent in the earnest academic discourse of the early twenty-first century, it is refreshing to see its pursuit treated as a legitimate topic of research. This is one more reason to be grateful for Nina Lübbren’s well-crafted book.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNineteenth-Century Art Worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume 22, Issue 2 | Autumn 2023, Jonathan P. Ribner\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The terms of narrative\u003cbr\u003e2 Eloquent objects\u003cbr\u003e3 Patterns of reception\u003cbr\u003e4 Stories in paint\u003cbr\u003e5 Epilogue: Into the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041035682135,"sku":"9781526168573","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526168573.jpg?v=1750948690","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/narrative-painting-in-nineteenth-century-europe-9781526168573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}