Gamin De Paris in Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture - Delacroix, Hugo, and the French Social Imaginary

Summary

The book argues that images of the Paris urchin addressed transformations at the heart of modernity, including the decline of patriarchal, monarchical social structures and the rise of industrial capitalism and colonialism. It parses a contested national archetype that emerged from repeated, recycled representations of revolutions (1830, 1832, 1

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn R. Brown, Marilyn R. (University of Colorado Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032339658
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233965-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Sociology, France, European History, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, ART / European, ART / Art & Politics, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social issues & processes, Literature: history & criticism, Social and ethical issues, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, The arts: general topics, ART / History / European / Romanticism