European Romanticism in the visual arts has always been defined by transnational transfer processes. It is surprising that international aspects of Romantic movements have been, in contrast to literary studies, a gap in art historical research. Picturing the Romantic addresses this issue and reveals new perspectives on European Romanticism(s) in the visual arts by reconsidering the phenomenon's traditional canon, geographical dimensions and terminology and analysing various examples of the complex and heterogeneous works of Romantic painting. In fifteen original essays, renowned and early career researchers examine the question of whether to speak of several independently considered Romanticisms or one European Romanticism. They adopt a transnational perspective on Romantic art in and beyond Europe, focusing on the interconnections between the countries.
Edited by:
Elisabeth Ansel,
Johannes Grave,
Christin Neubauer,
Mira Claire Zadrozny
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.009kg
ISBN: 9781526179425
ISBN 10: 1526179423
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 07 January 2026
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: on the charged interplay between Romanticism and Europe – Elisabeth Ansel, Johannes Grave, Christin Neubauer and Mira Claire Zadrozny Part I: Questioning the canon 1Anglo-Atlantic Art/Europäische Romantik – Tim Barringer 2 German Romanticism and its narratives: an attempt to traverse the literature – Michael Thimann 3Style – Concept – Gestalt – Cordula Grewe 4Romantic Classicism or Classicist Romanticism? Historicism! New perspectives on French Romantisme – Christine Tauber Part II: Exploring Romantic perspectives 5On wings of science and art – Kurt W. Forster 6Allegories of utopia: Carl Alexander Simon’s visionary Romanticism – Boris Roman Gibhardt 7Awe and holy admiration: the role of religion in the experience of nature by the Dutch landscape painter Barend Koekkoek and his Klever Circle – Antoon Erftemeijer 8Stepping into and out through the picture: on Wolfgang Iser’s reception theory as an entry to Romantic landscape painting – Carl-Johan Olsson 9French and British Romanticisms: print matters – Barthélémy Jobert Part III: Reframing Europe 10‘Je est un autre’: on the plasticity of India in European Romanticism – Julie Ramos 11Ossianic images and visual translation processes in J. M. W. Turner and Carl Gustav Carus – Elisabeth Ansel 12Frescoes of Ðakovo Cathedral and national Romanticism at the frontiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – Dragan Damjanovic 13Romanticism(s) in comparison: Thomas Cole and Caspar David Friedrich – Christian Scholl 14Transcultural Romanticism: Raden Saleh in Dresden – Holger Birkholz 15Projection and occupation: Romanticism and the German national discourse in Carl Alexander Simon – Miguel A. Gaete Bibliography Index -- .
Elisabeth Ansel is a postdoctoral research associate and coordinator in the research group European Romanticism or Romanticisms in Europe?, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Christin Neubauer is a doctoral associate in the research group European Romanticism or Romanticisms in Europe?, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Mira Claire Zadrozny is a doctoral researcher in Art History, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Johannes Grave is Professor of History of Art, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.