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Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History

Art in the 19th century was a process of experimentation where artists found and portrayed the crucial connections between seeing and knowing, vision and society, exploring links between perception and history. This classic textbook examines the artistic movements and achievements of that time.

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adult
Length
long · 428 pages

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