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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knowles, Marika Takanishi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Press, 2020.
Series:University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1 Making an Entrance: Tupinambas and Burlesque Dancers
  • ch. 2 Swaggering Off (Callot I): Actors, Mercenaries, and Duelers
  • ch. 3 Marking Nobility: Fanfarons, Pages, and Illustrious Men
  • ch. 4 Playing the Strong Woman: Queens and Courtesans
  • ch. 5 Covering Shame (Callot II): Dwarves, Beggars, and Criers
  • ch. 6 Opening Secrets: Peasants
  • Coda: Curtain Call: Watteau's Pierrot.