Rural artists' colonies in Europe 1870-1910

Auteur : Nina Lübbren

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Année : 2001
Editeur : MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS MANCHEST UNIVERSITI PR
Description : Why did thousands of nineteenth-century artists leave the established urban centers of culture to live and work in the countryside? By 1900, there were over eighty rural artists' communities across northern and central Europe. This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of this important phenomenon on a Europe-wide basis. Nina Lubbren combines close visual readings of little-known paintings with an innovative multidisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, geography, and theories of tourism.