Art and the French Commune : Imagining Paris after War and Revolution /

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"In this bold exploration of the political forces that shaped Impressionism, Albert Boime proposes that at the heart of the modern is a "guilty secret"--The need of the dominant, mainly bourgeois, classes in Paris to expunge from historical memory the haunting nightmare of the Commune...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boime, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
ART / History / General
Intellectual life.
Impressionism (Art)
Art > Political aspects.
Art and state.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Impressionnisme (Art) > France > Paris.
Art > Politique gouvernementale > France > Paris.
Art > Aspect politique > France > Paris.
Modernisme (Art) > Aspect politique > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Impressionism (Art) > France > Paris.
Art and state > France > Paris.
Art > Political aspects > France > Paris.
Modernism (Art) > Political aspects > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
France > Paris.
Paris (France) > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
Paris (France) > Histoire > 1871 (Commune) > Influence.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Paris (France) > History > Commune, 1871 > Influence.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Critical Reception
  • 3. The Dislocating Impact of the Commune on the Impressionists
  • 4. The Impressionist Agenda
  • 5. Mapping the Terrain
  • Epilogue: Georges Seurat's Un Dimanche a La Grande Jatte and Post-Commune Utopianism
  • Appendix: On Olin Levi Warner's Draft of a Speech in Defense of the French Commune
  • Notes
  • Postscript
  • Index

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