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The final spectacle : military painting under the Second Empire, 1855-1867 / Julia Thoma.
LIBRA ND1442.F85 T46 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoma, Julia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History painting, French--19th century.
- History painting, French.
- War in art.
- Armed Forces in art.
- Physical Description:
- x, 358 pages : 104 illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Military painting under the Second Empire, 1855-1867
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2019]
- Summary:
- The book examines military paintings in France in the 1850s and 1860s, when the genre experienced a new lease of life. It recreates the paintings' art-historical, historical and social context, and considers the explosion of military subjects in their own right rather than as a consequence of war reporting. The paintings' entertainment value effectively communicated political agendas, catering to the emerging phenomenon of mass spectatorship and giving rise to innovative compositions. The book also looks at the other side of the artistic spectrum, proposing that smaller formats adapted the sentimental techniques of military memoirs to focus on the soldiers' experiences of warfare and to elicit a critique of war.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-355).
- Other Format:
- ePub
- ISBN:
- 9783110486681
- 3110486687
- OCLC:
- 1091121356
- Publisher Number:
- 9783110486681
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