French Suite : A Book of Essays / Michael Fried and Stephen Bann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fried, Michael, -1940, author.

Bann, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--History and criticism.

French literature.

Painting, French--18th century.

Painting, French.

Painting, French--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, [2022]

Summary:

French Suite examines a range of important French painters and two writers, Baudelaire and Flaubert, from the brothers Le Nain in the mid-17th century to Manet, Degas, and the Impressionists in the later 19th century. A principal theme of Michael Frieds essays is a fundamental concern of his throughout his career: the relationship between painting and the beholder. Frieds typically vivid and strongly argued essays offer many new readings and unexpected insights, examining both familiar and lesser-known French artistic and literary works.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Being Seen and Seeing: Thoughts on the Le Nains

2. Hubert Robert and the 'Pastoral' Conception of Painting

3. The Hand on the Page: Three Works by Théodore Gericault

4. Painting Memories: On Baudelaire's Salon of 1846

5. Facingness Meets Mindedness: Manet's Luncheon in the Studio and Balcony

6. Degas and Antitheatricality

7. Chapter One of L'Education sentimentale as a Work of Writing

8. Corot's Figure Paintings and the Apotheosis of Touch

9. Unknown Daubigny

10. The Moment of Impressionism

Coda: The House at Rueil

References

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fried, Michael French Suite

ISBN:

9781789146059

1789146054