Pierrot and His World - Art, Theatricality, and the Marketplace in France, 16971945

The stock theatrical character Pierrot is an enduring figure in French visual art, where he emerges at the intersection of theatricality and the marketplace. This book offers an account of Pierrot's recurrence in painting, prints, photography and film, tracing this distinctive type from the art of Watteau to the cinema of Occupied France.

About the author

Marika Takanishi Knowles is a Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews

Product details

• Authors: Marika Takanishi Knowles
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 20.01.2026
• EAN: 9781526194718
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-9471-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Photography & photographs, HISTORY / Europe / France, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, Theatre Studies, History of Art, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Art & design styles: Baroque, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Film Theory & Criticism, Photography: portraits and self-portraiture, Film history, theory or criticism, Street theatre, ART / Movements / Baroque & Rococo