The book of V.I. Razdolskaya is dedicated to Western European art of the first half of the 19th century. We are talking mainly about the artistic and aesthetic phenomena of classicism and romanticism in different national traditions, although the content of the book is not limited to them. The list of names that glorified the era speaks for itself: Goya, Canova, David, Ingres, Ruud, Delacroix, Friedrich, Thorvaldsen, Constable, Turner... The rich, diverse composition of rarely reproduced illustrations, information about artists whose work is not sufficiently covered in domestic art criticism, make the book an excellent guide for everyone who is interested in fine art.