Richard MutherVerified

The second of four volumes of a history of modern painting, carried up to the end of the nineteenth century. It opens by discussing how early nineteenth-century art in France, Germany and England stayed apart from modern life, with artists such as David and Delacroix.

The first of four volumes of a history of modern painting from the eighteenth century, carried to the end of the nineteenth. It begins with England, where middle-class growth and artists such as William Hogarth turned art toward everyday life.