ART HISTORY OF LATVIA III

Volume III: 1780–1890

in two books (Period of Classicism and Romanticism. 1780–1840; Period of Realism and Historicism. 1840–1890)

Edited by Eduards Kļaviņš

Contributors: Eduards Kļaviņš, Elita Grosmane, Valdis Villerušs, Imants Lancmanis, Inese Sirica, Kristiāna Ābele, Daina Lāce, Silvija Grosa

Riga: Institute of Art History of the Latvian Academy of Art; Art History Research Support Foundation, 2019. Book 1 – 424 pp., 627 images; Book 2 – 392 pp., 537 images

ISBN 9789934882418

Published simultaneously with the Latvian original.
Copy editor: Kristiāna Ābele
Proof-reader: Karīna Horsta
Translator into English: Stella Pelše
English language editor and proof-reader: Iveta Boiko
Designer: Ieva Vīriņa
Project administrator: Daina Lāce

Book 1 includes general historiography (Eduards Kļaviņš) and surveys of the period of Classicism and Romanticism (1780–1840) in the artistic life (Elita Grosmane), fine arts (Eduards Kļaviņš), book art (Valdis Villerušs), architecture (Imants Lancmanis), applied art (Imants Lancmanis) and folk art (Inese Sirica).

Book 2 focuses on the period of Historicism and Realism (1840–1890) in  the artistic life (Kristiāna Ābele), fine arts (Eduards Kļaviņš), book art (Valdis Villerušs), architecture (Daina Lāce), applied art and beginnings of industrial design (Silvija Grosa) and folk art (Inese Sirica).

The publication is supported by the State Cultural Capital Foundation and the Zuzāns Family. The book is printed at “Jelgavas tipogrāfija”.