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Renoir at the Theatre - Looking at La Loge (Paperback)
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Renoir at the Theatre - Looking at La Loge (Paperback)
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "La Loge" (The Theatre Box), 1874, is one
of the masterpieces of Impressionism and a major highlight of The
Courtauld Gallery's collection. Its depiction of an elegant couple
on display in a loge, or box at the theatre, epitomises the
Impressionists' interest in the spectacle of modern life. At the
heart of the painting is the complex play of gazes enacted by these
two figures seated in a theatre box. In turning away from the
performance, Renoir focused instead upon the theatre as a social
stage where status and relationships were on public display.This
book accompanies an exhibition in celebration of The Courtauld
Institute of Art's 75th anniversary which unites "La Loge" for the
first time with Renoir's other treatments of the subject and with
loge paintings by contemporaries, including Mary Cassatt and Edgar
Degas. Concentrating on the early years of Impressionism during the
1870s, the book explores how these artists used the loge to capture
the excitement and changing nature of fashionable Parisian society.
Lavishly produced contemporary journals such as "La Mode Illustree"
included fine hand-coloured engravings showing the latest fashions
modelled by elegant ladies in theatre boxes. A rich selection of
this little-known graphic material from contemporary Parisian
journals, as well as caricatures from the popular press, will also
be examined.
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