Year Course Reading List

Rococo to Modernism: 1720-1920

This is a brief list of general books which cover the whole course. Books that relate specifically to
the themes of the lectures will be provided each week. Not all these titles are in print, but are
obtainable from good libraries.

General Blayney Brown, D Romanticism Phaidon 2002

Brewer, J The pleasures of the imagination: English culture in the 18th century 1996
Briggs, A Victorian cities Pelican 1963
Craske, M Art in Europe, 1700-1830 Oxford 1997 (good bibliography)
Denvir, B The 18th century: art, design and society London 1983
Ford, B, ed Victorian Britain, vol 7, The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain CUP 1992
Honour, H Neo-classicism London 1968 (and later editions)
Irwin, D Neoclassicism Phaidon 1999
Jackson, A The V&A guide to period styles V&A 2002
Kingender, F Art and the industrial revolution (revised) 1968
Lucie-Smith, E Dictionary of art terms Thames & Hudson 1984
Mackenzie, JM, ed The Victorian vision, inventing new Britain V&A 2001
Prettejohn, E Beauty and Art Oxford University Press 2005
Snodin, M & Styles, J Design and the decorative arts: Georgian Britain, 1714-1837 V&A 2004
Snodin, M & Styles, J Design and the decorative arts: Victorian Britain, 1837-1901 V&A 2004
Victoria & Albert Museum Art and design in Europe and America, 1800-1900 Herbert Pr 1987

Architecture and Interiors

Arnold, D The Georgian country house Sutton Publishing 2003

Colvin, H Biographical dictionary of architects, 1600-1840 Yale 1995 (3rd ed)
Dixon, R & Muthesius, S Victorian architecture Thames & Hudson 1978
Giroud, M The Victorian country house Yale 1979
Middleton, R, ed The beaux arts and 19th century architecture Thames & Hudson 1982
Summerson, J The architecture of the 18th century London 1969 (& later editions)
Wainwright, C The romantic interior: the British collector at home, 1750-1850 Yale 1989

Painting and Sculpture

The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists London (many editions)

Acton, M Learning to look at Paintings Oxford, 2nd ed 2008
Basset, J and Fogelman, P Looking at European sculpture: a guide to technical terms V&A 1997
Mary Cowling Victorian figurative painting: domestic life and the contemporary social scene,Papadakis 2000
Eisenman, S Nineteenth century Art: a critical History Thames & Hudson, 1994
Eitner, L An outline of 19th century European painting Harper & Row 1988
Frascina, F (et al) Modernity and modernism: French painting in the 19th century Yale 1993
Hall, J Dictionary of subjects of art and artists London (many editions)
House, J Impressionism: Paint and Politics Yale 2004
Levey, M Painting and sculpture in France, 1700-1789 Yale 1972/1991
Nochlin, L Realism Penguin 1971
Pool, P Impressionism Thames & Hudson 1973
Rosenblum, R & Janson, H Art of the 19th century Thames & Hudon 1985
Treuherz, J Victorian painting Thames & Hudson, 1993
Vaughan, W Romanticism and art Thames & Hudson 1994
Waterhouse, E Painting in Britain, 1530-1790 London 1988 (4th ed)
Whinney, M Sculpture in Britain, 1530-1830 London 1988 (2nd ed)
Williamson, P. European sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum V&A 2001

Decorative Arts

Cumming, E & Kaplan, W The Arts and Crafts movement Thames & Hudson 1991
Fleming, J and Honour, H The Penguin dictionary of decorative arts London 1977 (& later editions)
Fowler, J & Cornforth, J English decoration in the 18th century London 1974
Hildyard, R European ceramics V&A 1999
Snodin, M and Styles, J Design and the Decorative Arts: Britain 1500-1900, V&A, 2001