Fuseli to Menzel

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Fuseli to Menzel contains a selection of 80 works by 47 artists from the late-18th and early-19th centuries representing Romanticism and other artistic trends of the period. The book presents new scholarly research and material, including illustrations which have never been published before and detailed biographies of the artists. The author focuses on landscapes, particularly on the artists' experience of Italy, and on portraits, especially on self-portraits and portraits of other artists. Exquisite quality, vivid imagination, intellectual complexity, and artistic perception characterize the watercolors and drawings presented here in this visually stunning volume