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A brief history of the masses : three revolutions /
Stefan Jonsson uses three monumental works of art to build a provocative history of popular revolt: Jacques-Louis David's The Tennis Court Oath (1791), James Ensor's Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888), and Alfredo Jaar's They Loved It So Much, the Revolution (1989). Addr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Swedish |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2008
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| Colección: | Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Stefan Jonsson uses three monumental works of art to build a provocative history of popular revolt: Jacques-Louis David's The Tennis Court Oath (1791), James Ensor's Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888), and Alfredo Jaar's They Loved It So Much, the Revolution (1989). Addressing, respectively, the French Revolution of 1789, Belgium's proletarian messianism in the 1880s, and the worldwide rebellions and revolutions of 1968, these canonical images not only depict an alternative view of history but offer a new understanding of the relationship between art and politics and the revolutionary nature of true democracy.--publisher's description. |
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| Notas: | Translated from the Swedish. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231517928 0231517920 |