Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art for growing minds Mary Tavener Holmes is an

Mary Tavener Holmes is an independent scholar from New York who specializes in French eighteenth-century paintings and drawings

This gorgeous volume presents substantial new scholarship connecting Mexican muralism with contemporary art practices

who was a revered painter in his own time

and feelings in evocative and appealing language

69 color and 58 b/w illustrations

Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art for growing minds Mary Tavener Holmes is anThough known as the Danish Golden Age, nineteenth century Denmark was one of the most tumultuous periods in the nation's historyfrom the disastrous siege of Copenhagen and the collapse of Denmark's monarchy to the swelling tide of nationalism that eventually engulfed all of Europe. This volume places artists at the center of Denmark's dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation by bringing together 90 drawings, paintings, and oil