Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture / edited by Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hornstein, Katie, editor.

Harkett, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863--Criticism and interpretation.

Vernet, Horace.

Art and society--France--History--19th century.

Art and society.

Modernism (Art)--France.

Modernism (Art).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, 2017.

Summary:

A fresh look at a pivotal nineteenth-century painter.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Chronology

Introduction

Part One | Making Vernet

1 | The Conquest of Public Opinion, 1812-1824

2 | Revisiting Horace Vernet's Studio Exhibition

3 | Horace Vernet in the Public Imagination

4 | Horace Vernet and the Conquest of Algeria through Images

5 | Writing History: Horace Vernet's Oeuvre under the Second Empire

Part Two | Vernet and Genre

6 | Vernet's Ladies: The Romantic Portrait Image

7 | Bad Manners vs. Good Maniera: Horace Vernet's Raphael at the Vatican

8 | Deranged and Virtuous Widowhood: Horace Vernet's Woman Driven Insane by Love and Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings

9 | Illustrious Heritage Vernet Painting Vernet

Part Three | Vernet and New Media

10 | Horace Vernet and the Problem of Facilité

11 | Truth and Lies: Vernet, Vaudeville, and Photography

12 | Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche: Media Old and New

13 | A View from Germany: Vernet, New Media, and the Remaking of History Painting

Select Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Color Plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5126-0042-3

OCLC:

958932052