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Routledge Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 - Art History

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Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 is the first monograph to examine how French artists depicted reading women during the early Third Republic, exploring the pictorial significance of these images and their influence on concepts of femininity and social relations. This comprehensive study covers paintings, prints, and sculptures from 1870-1890, revealing how the liseuse figure underwent unprecedented artistic innovation across diverse aesthetic movements and styles. The book interprets depictions of readers as essential contributions to evolving notions of public and private spaces, offering art historians and scholars a detailed analysis of this important cultural phenomenon in late 19th-century French visual culture.

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Routledge publication examining the liseuse as a central subject in French art between 1870-1890.

Covers diverse artistic media including paintings, prints, and sculptures from the early Third Republic period.

Analyzes how artists with different aesthetic aims and styles approached the depiction of reading women.

Explores the critical reception of women readers imagery and its cultural significance to notions of femininity.

Examines pictorial innovations in representing readers as public and private figures in late 19th-century France.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
16 August 2012
Listed Since
25 November 2011

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