Mapping Degas : real spaces, symbolic spaces and invented spaces in the life and work of Edgar Degas (1834-1917) /
The New Art History and the Impressionist canon seem to have successfully claimed Edgar Degas as a misogynist, rabid nationalist and misanthrope whose art was both masterly and experimental. By analysing Degas's approach to space and his self-fashioning attitude towards identity within the ambi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The New Art History and the Impressionist canon seem to have successfully claimed Edgar Degas as a misogynist, rabid nationalist and misanthrope whose art was both masterly and experimental. By analysing Degas's approach to space and his self-fashioning attitude towards identity within the ambiguities of the political and artistic culture of nineteenth-century France, this book questions the characterisation of Degas as a right-wing Frenchman and artist, and will change the way in which Degas ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 382 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-371) and index. |
ISBN: | 1443879339 9781443879330 1443874493 9781443874496 |