Value in art : Manet and the slave trade / Henry M. Sayre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sayre, Henry M., 1948- author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883. Olympia.

Manet, Édouard.

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

Art and society.

Black people in art.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Art--Political aspects--France.

Art.

Art and literature--France.

Art and literature.

France--Civilization--American influences.

France.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Summary:

Art historian Henry M. Sayre traces the origins of the term 'value' in art criticism, revealing the politics that define Manet's art. How did art critics come to speak of light and dark as, respectively, 'high in value' and 'low in value'? Sayre shows that it was Émile Zola who introduced the new 'law of values' in an 1867 essay on Manet. Unpacking the intricate contexts of Zola's essay and of several related paintings by Manet, Sayre argues that Zola's usage of value was intentionally double coded - an economic metaphor for the political economy of slavery.

Contents:

Frontmatter

contents

List of Figures

A Note on Translation

Preface

1. Olympia’s Value

2. Prostitution and Slavery

3. Sand/Baudelaire, Couture/Manet

4. “La Femme” de Baudelaire

5. Le Sud de Manet

6. Poe

7. Two Wars

8. Zola’s Olympia

9. Value in Art

Coda

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 4, 2022).

ISBN:

9780226809960

022680996X

OCLC:

1285782623