Painting and Narrative in France, from Poussin to Gauguin - From Poussin to Gauguin (Paperback)

Before Modernism, narrative painting was one of the most acclaimed and challenging modes of picture-making in Western art, yet by the early twentieth century storytelling had all but disappeared from ambitious art. France was a key player in both the dramatic rise and the controversial demise of narrative art. This is the first book to analyse French painting in relation to narrative, from Poussin in the early seventeenth to Gauguin in the late nineteenth century. Thirteen original essays shed light on key moments and aspects of narrative and French painting through the study of artists such as Nicolas Poussin, Charles Le Brun, Jacques-Louis David, Paul Delaroche, Gustave Moreau, and Paul Gauguin. Using a range of theoretical perspectives, the authors study key issues such as temporality, theatricality, word-and-image relations, the narrative function of inanimate objects, the role played by viewers, and the ways in which visual narrative has been bound up with history painting. The book offers a fresh look at familiar material, as well as studying some little-known works of art, and reveals the centrality and complexity of narrative in French painting over the course of three centuries.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Art Historiography
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2016
Editors:	Nina L bbren
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-20027-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-20027-9
Barcode:	9780367200275

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