Neuroarthistory of the Painters of Modern Life - Embodying Baudelairean Modernity

This book uses a transdisciplinary method combining art history, literary studies, and neuroaesthetics to examine the modern urban experience of nineteenth century Paris through language and images of fragmentation and transformation.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1 Neuroaesthetics and Cognitive Poetics: Mapping Baudelairean Modernity in Neural Processing of Word and Image
Chapter 2 Mirroring Haussmannization in Baudelairean Word and Graphic Image
Chapters 3 On Baudelairean Modernity: Neuroaesthetic Modeling of Ironic Self-Reflection
Chapter 4 Mirroring Haussmannization in Baudelairean Word and Photographic Image
Chapter 5 A Collaborative Investigation into Affective and Embodied Aesthetic Responses to
Charles Marville's Old Paris and New Paris Series
Chapter 6 Manet's Erotic and Ironic Gaze: Photography, Pornography, and Censorship
Chapter 7 Brain Mapping Censorship and Desire in Second Empire Paris
Chapter 8 Baudelaire's Prose Poems: A Paradigm for Ironic Parody
Chapter 9 Verbal and Visual Parody: Zola's and Manet's Ironic Encounters
Chapter 10 Reflections on Baudelairean Modernity
Epilogue
References
Index

About the author

Lauren Weingarden is Professor Emerita of Art History at Florida State University.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren S. (Florida State University) Weingarden, Weingarden Lauren S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.11.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781138337503
• ISBN: 978-1-138-33750-3
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; European History, The arts: general issues, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology: emotions, History of Art, History of Science, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Interdisciplinary studies, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Painting & paintings, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Urban communities, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Art styles not defined by date, Paintings and painting, Industrialisation and industrial history, The arts: general topics, ART / European / General, ART / Movements / Modernism, ART / Techniques / Painting / General