First published in 1956, Fuseli Studies deals with the many-sided artistic achievements of Zurich-born Fuseli’s baffling personality, who was one of the most erudite and renowned intellectuals of his day in Europe. The author’s intention has been to place his subject in clear historical perspective within his own epoch, and thus traces Fuseli’s contacts back to sixteenth-century mannerism and forward to twentieth-century expressionism. In this book, the social background of that absorbing period covering the artist’s working years at the turn of the nineteenth century is evoked not only in analysing his style, poised between classicism and romanticism of the age, but also accounting for its appeal and relevance to the present day. This book will be of interest to students of art, art history, European history, and literature.
Author(s): Frederick Antal
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 254
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I: The Early Years
Chapter II: Fuseli’s Italian Style and Mannerism
Chapter III: Fuseli’s Style in its European Context
Chapter IV: Fuseli’s English Style and Mannerism
Chapter V: Other Facets of Fuseli’s English Style
Chapter VI: The Last Years
Chapter VII: After Fuseli
Appendix I: Mannerist Features of Michelangelo’s Drawings
Appendix II: Fuseli and Michelangelo
Appendix III: Ottley’s View of Donatallo and Bandinelli
Appendix IV: Fuseli and Rubens
Appendix V: Heinse and ‘Maler’ Müller
Appendix VI: The Faust Illustrations
Appendix VII: Fuseli and Contemporary Literature
Index
