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Title: Romanticism and Art (The World of Art) by William Vaughan, William Vaughn ISBN: 0-500-20275-3 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: November, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Well-organized Explanations of Romanticism in Painting
Comment: This compact and well-illustrated book explains the roots and branches of Romanticism in painting. Not much said about sculpture and architecture, but they are touched upon, and Vaughan certainly places Romantic art in its time. Romantic writings and philosophy are nicely and liberally quoted to fully illustrate the era.

Not a coffee table book. This is a medium weight paperback for reading, and it is not difficult to understand. Meaty and complete enough for undergraduate level research, but well-written for the humble art buff who may be on his or her way to the Louvre, the Tate, the Prado or other museum with some collection of Romantic work (late 18th C through the mid 19th C).

Dedicated researchers will want additional references, but the average person who just wants to understand this fascinating art movement need not go further. Very nicely written.

Rating: 4
Summary: Not a bad book if you like Art History
Comment: This book, as the title suggests deals with art from the Romantic period. The good points in the book are: it gives detailed and informative commentary on artists, sculptors, and architects, paintings, sculptures and buildings of the late 18th and 19th centuries. There are 215 illustations. The book puts the artists and their works in the context of history. The bad things in the book are: only 21 illustrations are in color. This may not seem that bad but color in Romantic paintings is important. The book has many illustrations of Turner's paintings, but if the viewer never saw them in color it is very difficult to get the whole meaning of the works. If the paintings were meant to be viewed in black and white they wouldn't be painted in color. That is why I gave it 4 stars. I recomend ART IN EUROPE 1700-1830 by Matthew Craske. It is cheaper, more informative, has better illustrations, and covers more material.

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