{"product_id":"9781526168573","title":"Narrative painting in nineteenth-century Europe","description":"Author: Nina Lbbren\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526168573\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Sep 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 296 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis ground-breaking book presents a critical study of pictorial narrative in nineteenth-century European painting. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering works from France, Germany, Britain, Italy and elsewhere, it traces the ways in which immensely popular artists like Jean-Leon Germe, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920542941342,"sku":"ING-9781526168573","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526168573.jpg?v=1782823441","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526168573","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}