Realism and role-play : the human figure in French art from Callot to the brothers Le Nain
"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 a...
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| स्वरूप: | पुस्तक |
| भाषा: | English |
| प्रकाशित: |
Newark, Delaware
: University of Delaware Press
, 2020
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| श्रृंखला: | Studies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art and culture
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| संबंधित चीजें : | Erscheint auch als:
Realism and Role-Play Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Marika Takanishi Knowles, Realism and role-play. The human figure in French art from Callot to the brothers Le Nain] |
| लेखक नोट्स: | Marika Takanishi Knowles |
| सारांश: | "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"-- |
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| वस्तु वर्णन: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| भौतिक वर्णन: | xiv, 308 Seiten Illustrationen |
| आईएसबीएन: | 9781644531815 9781644531808 |
