Gustave Caillebotte and the fashioning of identity in impressionist Paris / edited by Norma Broude.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894.

Broude, Norma.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894--Criticism and interpretation.

Caillebotte, Gustave.

Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894.

Impressionism (Art)--France.

Impressionism (Art).

Criticism and interpretation.

France.

Identity (Psychology) in art.

Masculinity in art.

Physical Description:

xiv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), a long-neglected painter associated with the French Impressionists, recently emerged as a subject of intense public interest; his paintings, which have begun to exert an unexpected fascination for postmodern audiences, have become rich sites for scholarly interpretation and debate. The essays that comprise this volume employ a variety of perspectives to examine the ways in which Caillebotte's art sheds light on the formation of individual and class identities in Paris during the early years of the Third Republic -- an era of transition marked by the triumph of capitalism and the instabilities of newly shifting gender roles in the modern world. Addressing a wide range of major paintings by Caillebotte, the contributors reveal the compound ways in which the artist encoded his images and the multiple interpretations to which these images are susceptible. Juxtaposed to complement and challenge one another, these essays build a provocative whole as they probe issues of spectatorship and authorial intention. The contributors -- all internationally known scholars and art professionals -- create an important theoretical framework for the discussion of Caillebotte's work.

Contents:

Caillebotte's Pont de L'Europe: a new slant / J. Kirk T. Varnedoe

Caillebotte as professional painter: from studio to the public eye / Michael Marrinan

Caillebotte's impressionism / Michael Fried

Outing impressionism: homosexuality and homosocial bonding in the work of Caillebotte and Bazille / Norma Broude

Masculinity, muscularity, and modernity in Caillebotte's male figures / Tamar Garb

Caillebotte's still lifes / Douglas W. Druick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813530172

0813530180

OCLC:

46858248