中文简介：

本书将艺术家置于19世纪丹麦戏剧性的文化、政治和哲学变革的中心，探讨他们在动荡时期坚持不懈的民族自豪感。

虽然被称为丹麦的黄金时代，但19世纪的丹麦经历了灾难性的拿破仑战争、对哥本哈根的毁灭性轰炸、随之而来的破产以及与德国的日益对抗这一系列动荡与不安。本书将艺术家置于丹麦戏剧性的文化、政治和哲学变革的中心，汇集了克里斯托弗·威廉·埃克斯伯格、克里斯滕·科布克、康斯坦丁·汉森、马蒂纳斯·罗尔贝、约翰·托马斯·伦德贝、维尔海姆·哈默肖伊等艺术家的90幅素描、绘画和油画草图。由丹麦和美国主要学者撰写的五篇专题文章探讨了丹麦艺术家表现其民族自豪感、传统和焦虑的方式；大海作为丹麦身份标志的不断变化的作用；肖像画不断发展的性质；对丹麦景观和民间传统的怀念；以及丹麦艺术家在欧洲的旅行对他们的影响。

英文简介：

Placing artists at the center of nineteenth-century Demark's dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation, this publication explores their persistent national pride in a time of turmoil

Though known as the Danish Golden Age, nineteenth-century Denmark was one of the most tumultuous periods in the nation's history―from 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 sketches by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and others. Five thematic essays by leading scholars in Denmark and the United States explore the way Danish artists manifested the pride, traditions, and anxieties of their nation; the sea's ever-changing role as a marker of Danish identity; the evolving nature of portraiture; nostalgia for the Danish landscape and folk traditions; and the influence on Danish artists of their travels throughout Europe.