Wider spaces and perspectives for the 19th century
The 19th century spanned the greatest watershed in the history of Western painting. At its beginning, masters like David and Ingres were producing canvases that Da Vinci or Titian, Botticelh or Durer could have seen without shock, even with admiration, recognizing them as descendants of their own styles. But the work of the painters at century's endÂMonet's broken colors, Van Gogh's unabashed brushstrokes, Cezanne's blocky formsÂthey would have regarded with stunned astonishment, perhaps even outrage.
To compass and comprehend such a transformation is a huge undertaking,...
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