Scented Visions : Smell in Art, 1850-1914 /

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Smell loomed large in cultural discourse in the late nineteenth century, thanks to the midcentury fear of miasma, the drive for sanitation reform, and the rise in artificial perfumery. Meanwhile, the science of olfaction remained largely mysterious, prompting an impulse to "see smell" and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradstreet, Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Art for art's sake (Movement)
Pre-Raphaelitism.
Art, Modern > 20th century.
Art, Modern > 19th century.
Odors in art > History > 20th century.
Odors in art > History > 19th century.
ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Seeing Smell
  • 1. The Fallen Angel
  • 2. Art and Stench
  • 3. Picturing Perfume
  • 4. Smelling Pictures
  • Part II: Decoding Smell
  • 5. Scent, Memory, Visions
  • 6. Scent and Soul
  • 7. The Erotics of Scent
  • 8. Death by Perfume
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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