A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art

<p><i>A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art</i> offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. </p> <ul> <li>Covers both artistic developments and critical approaches to the period by leading contemporary scholars</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Uses an innovative framework to emphasize the roles of tradition, modernity, and hierarchy in the production of artistic works of the period</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Reveals the practical issues connected with the production, sale, public and private display of art of the period</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Assesses eighteenth-century art’s contribution to what we now refer to as ‘modernity’</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Includes numerous illustrations, and is accompanied by online resources examining art produced outside Europe and its relationship with the West, along with other useful resources</li> </ul>