Viennese watercolors of the nineteenth century. Artists, history, masterpieces. Translated by J. A. Underwood

Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Chronological Table of the Artists from 1750 to 1900 -- THE REFORMS OF MARIA THERESA AND HER SON JOSEPH II: Maria Theresa Lays the Foundations -- French Influences -- The Vienna Academy -- Joseph II and Neoclassicism -- The Break with Tradition -- Idealized Transcriptions of Nature -- Vienna. Hub of Central Europe -- Johann Christian Brand's Class at the Academy -- Friedrich Heinrich F�ger -- The Transformation of the Voyages pittoresques -- THE WAR YEARS AND THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA Francis I (II) Orders Mobilization -- The Romance of Chivalry -- The French Occupation -- Directions in Watercolor Art -- The Early Painters by Appointment to Archduke John -- The Defeat of Napoleon -- Jakob Gauermann Becomes Painter by Appointment to Archduke John -- The Germans Discover Salzburg -- Metternich as Curator of the Academy -- Jakob Alt Decides to Stay in Vienna -- Thomas Ender's Journey to Brazil -- IDEAL ART AND REALISM A Conflict of Goals -- Inner Harmony Wigand's Precision Painting -- The Heyday of Music -- Realism Sets in -- A Dream Comes True -- FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1848: THE BIEDERMEIER AND PRE-MARCH ERAS The Origin and Significance of the Term Biedermeier -- The Emperor's Peep Show -- Beauty Immortalized: The Miniatures of Daffinger -- Peter Fendi: The Modesty of a Genius -- Landscapes That Mirror Experience -- Some of Thomas Ender's Commissions -- Building to a Climax: Rudolf Alt's Journeys from 1831 to 1845 -- A WORLD STILL INTACT, AND THE NEW PRE-MARCH SPIRIT A Pilgrimage to Mariazell -- Journey to the Crimea, 1837 -- Peter Fendi's Pupils -- Daffinger's Watercolors of Flowers -- The Golden 1840s -- The Pre-March Phenomenon -- CHANGE AND REORGANIZATION The Year 1848 -- The Young Emperor -- The Discovery of Hungary -- The Quest for New Subjects -- The Novara Sails Round the World -- Italy.The Artist's Goal -- HISTORICISM AND THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY Illusions and Diversions -- Influences from the West -- Rudolf Alt's Artistic Turning Point -- ON TO THE END The Era of the Old Emperor -- Changing Times. The Finale. ISBN 0810913755