"The Romantic Spirit in German Art 1790 - 1990" - Exhibition catalogue: Royal Scottish Academy and The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (July 28 - September 7, 1994); Hayward Art Gallery, London (September 29, 1994 - January 8, 1995); Haus der Kunst, Munich (February 2 - May 1, 1995) 400pp, 300 colour and 150 b&w illustrations. Biographies. Chronology. Bibliographical Note. South Bank Centre, London/National Galleries of Scotland and Oktagon Verlag. 1994. Rubbed card covers, internally fine. Examines the continuing engagement between German artists from Friedrich and Runge to Beuys, Kiefer, and Baselitz. The dialogue between German artists and Romanticism has not always been naively accepting and uncritical, many artists have seen the dangers of an over reliance on emotion and intuition, have distrusted mysticism, and have shunned links with nationalism, yet they have been drawn to the grotesque, fantastic elements in Romanticism and inspired by Romantic irony