epub | 54.33 MB | English | Isbn: 0141979437 | Author: Orlando Figes | Year: 2019
Description:
From the "master of historical narrative" (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work-the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture.
The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age of cultural globalization-an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming the barriers of nationalism and facilitating the development of a truly European canon of artistic, musical, and literary works. By 1900, the same books were being read across the continent, the same paintings reproduced, the same music played in homes and heard in concert halls, the same operas performed in all the major theatres.
Drawing from a wealth of documents, letters, and other archival materials, acclaimed historian Orlando Figes examines the interplay of money and art that made this unification possible. At the center of the book is a...
Category:19th Century World History, Italian History, German History
