Code: 16485855
The coming of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century witnessed unprecedented changes in society: rapid economic progress went hand-in-hand with appalling working conditions, displacement, squalor and destitution for t ... more
31.01 €
RRP: 35.76 €
You save 4.75 €
Availability:
50/50We think title might be available. Upon your order we will do our best to get it within 6 weeks.Enter your e-mail address and once book will be available,
we will send you a message. It's that simple.
You get 76 loyalty points
The coming of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century witnessed unprecedented changes in society: rapid economic progress went hand-in-hand with appalling working conditions, displacement, squalor and destitution for those at the bottom of the social scale. These new circumstances presented a challenge to contemporary image-makers, who wished to capture the effects of hunger, poverty and alienation in Britain, Ireland and France in the era before documentary photography. In this groundbreaking book, the eminent art historian Linda Nochlin examines the styles and expressive strategies that were used by artists and illustrators to capture this mis?re, roughly characterized as poverty that afflicts both body and soul. She investigates images of the Irish Famine in the period 1846–51; the gendered representation of misery, particularly of poor women and prostitutes; and the work of three very different artists: Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet and the less wellknown Fernand Pelez. The artists’ desire to depict the poor and the outcast accurately and convincingly is still a pertinent issue, though now, as Nochlin observes, the question has a moral and ethical dimension – does the documentary style belittle its subjects and degrade their condition?Table of ContentsMis?re: An Introduction • 1. Mis?re: The Irish Paradigm • 2. The Gender of Misery •3. Géricault, Goya and the Representation of Misery • 4. Representing Misery: Courbet’sBeggar Woman • 5. Fernand Pelez: Master of Miserable Old Men • Conclusion
Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general
31.01 €
Collection points Bratislava a 2642 dalších
Copyright ©2008-24 najlacnejsie-knihy.sk All rights reservedPrivacyCookies
Shopping cart ( Empty )