Traces the history of sculpture from 1776 to 1905 and examines the impact of social changes on the art of sculpture.

Sees a counter-French tradition in modern art arising from cultural and religious developments in Northern Europe and the United States.

For forty years, this widely acclaimed classic has remained unsurpassed as an introduction to art in the Western world, boasting the matchless credibility of the Janson name ...

The importance of the late 18th century in the genesis of modern art emerges in these four essays on various aspects of the art and architecture of a neglected period.