UNWILLING MODERNS: ON THE NAZARENE ARTISTS OF THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY

UNWILLING MODERNS: ON THE NAZARENE ARTISTS OF THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY

A reconsideration of a group of early 19th-century artists, usually referred to as the “Nazarenes.” Widely celebrated and influential in their own time, they are now no longer well known or highly regarded outside their native Germany.

 

Begun in 2000 and completed in late 2001, this 80-page text is my first foray into art history. It is an attempt to reconsider a group of artists who were celebrated in their time but whose reputation declined rapidly around mid-century and who are hardly known today outside Germany. In particular, the essay addresses the ideological component of the historiography of art and its influence on the evaluation of past art. (Additional portfolio of images available).

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