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The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870-1905 - Modernity and Continuity (Hardcover)
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The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870-1905 - Modernity and Continuity (Hardcover)
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This innovative book introduces a vivid new reading of French art
and society at a crucial period of history The study of late
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French art tends to focus
on a search for the modern. Richard Thomson presents an innovative
approach to a popular period of art history, instead investigating
how art in early Third Republic France adapted styles from the
past. The classical is the predominant theme, punctuated by other
stylistic currents, notably the Rubensian and the Botticellian. It
asks, how did these styles-all three derived from foreign art-come
to be adapted into French visual culture? How did the Republic
customise classicism to its ideological ends? How was classicism
manipulated by progressive painters for radical and reactionary
readings? The Presence of the Past in French Art 1870-1905
considers artists of very different character and type-from Degas
to Henner, Cezanne to Besnard, Roty to Seurat, Dalou to Maillol-as
well as a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, medals
and celebrity photographs, to open up new vistas of interpretation
in this fascinating field.
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