Realism and role-play : the human figure in French art from Callot to the Brothers Le Nain / Marika Takanishi Knowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knowles, Marika Takanishi, author.

Series:

University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture

Studies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings in art.

Figurative art, French--17th century.

Figurative art, French.

Social status in art.

Role playing in art.

Physical Description:

xiv, 308 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Press, 2020.

Summary:

"After the heroic nudes of the Renaissance and depictions of the tortured bodies of Christian saints, early seventeenth-century French artists turned their attention to their fellow humans, to nobles and beggars seen on the streets of Paris, to courtesans standing at their windows, to vendors advertising their wares, to peasants standing before their landlords. Fascinated by the intricate politics of the encounter between two human beings, artists such as Jacques Callot, Daniel Rabel, Abraham Bosse, Claude Vignon, Georges de la Tour, Jean de Saint-Igny, the Brothers Le Nain, Pierre Brebiette, Jean I Le Blond, and Charles David represented the human figure as a performer who acted out his or her social role. The resulting figures were everyday types whose representations in series of prints, painted galleries, and illustrated books created a repertoire of contemporary social roles. The Real Performer draws upon literature, social history, and affect theory in order to understand the way that figuration performed social positions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Making an Entrance: Tupinambas and Burlesque Dancers

ch. 2 Swaggering Off (Callot I): Actors, Mercenaries, and Duelers

ch. 3 Marking Nobility: Fanfarons, Pages, and Illustrious Men

ch. 4 Playing the Strong Woman: Queens and Courtesans

ch. 5 Covering Shame (Callot II): Dwarves, Beggars, and Criers

ch. 6 Opening Secrets: Peasants

Coda: Curtain Call: Watteau's Pierrot.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Knowles, Marika Takanishi. Realism and role-play

ISBN:

9781644531808

1644531801

9781644532058

1644532050

OCLC:

1133277765