Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History Fourth Edition

Eisenman hit it out of the park! It was a required text for my art history class but it is a good read as well. Written in easy to understand and read language. The organization of material makes sense and flows with your understanding. I was confused why some of the images of paintings were in color and others in black and white? This meant I looked the black and white images up online so I could see them in color. Eisenman also made references to some works that did not have images in the text, so back to the web again. Those issues aside it was informative and I learned some things. I usually base the importance of a reference text on whether I will keep it on my bookshelf after I no longer need it for class and this one I will be keeping.

Describes European and American 19 th Century art, its influences,and development, the artists with their backrounds as well as detailed analysis of their work. The diverse authors are knowledgeable,and serious, their analysis on how the epoch, and social environmenthad and impact on the works of art. Texts are intelligent and elocuent . Highly recommendable for people interested in art.

Eisenman is easily one of the most accessible Academic writers I have read thus far in my college career. Yes, some of the articles in it are harder than others, but for the most part this book was well organized. Eisenman framed each chapter with an introduction that clarified and gave background for the articles that followed it. I would ignore the freshman, this was a very accessible, downright viceral (for academic work) read.

I needed this book for class, and everything was going great until I got to this week's chapters. There are so many pages with printing errors and lines of text printed over pictures that it becomes a jumbled mess. I was really disappointed because I was really enjoying this book so far and now entire pages are rendered useless. These printing errors probably don't happen often and I was just unlucky, but for the price I had to pay it's a bit disappointing.

There is a lot of competition out there vying to tell the story of everyone's favorite art, but this book comes closest to unpacking the ugly histories of the 19th century, an invaluable part of understanding the way art made then looked.

Great Book!

I had ordered this book for a class. It arrived quickly, before the class began. The book was in excellent condition, like brand new, and the price was excellent. I was very pleased with the order and the delivery.

Beautiful book in great condition! The pages are still crisp and clean, I was expecting used but I got "I don't think I will be doing the homework for this class" condition. Extremely satisfied!

Brilliant book! Clear pictures in colour and well written. An absolute must if you're studying Art History and wish to require a good overview of nineteenth century art.

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