Romanticism and Illustration

Romanticism and Illustration
Author: Ian Haywood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108425712

Explores a vital aspect of British Romanticism, the role of illustration in Romantic-era literary texts and visual culture.

Language and the Grand Tour

Language and the Grand Tour
Author: Arturo Tosi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108487270

Language is still a relatively under-researched aspect of the Grand Tour. This book offers a comprehensive introduction enriched by the amusing stories and vivid quotations collected from travellers' writings, providing crucial insights into the rise of modern vernaculars and the standardisation of European languages.

Art, Emotion and Ethics

Art, Emotion and Ethics
Author: Berys Gaut
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007-05-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199263213

Can a good work of art be evil? 'Art, Ethics, and Emotion' explores this issue, arguing that artworks are always aesthetically flawed insofar as they have a moral defect that is aesthetically relevant. This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the relation of art to morality.