"Nationalism and French Visual Culture, 1870-1914" by June Hargrove

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Nationalism and French Visual Culture, 1870-1914 June Hargrove, Neil McWilliam

Series:
Studies in the History of Art Series
Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
01 Sep 2005
ISBN:
9780300107555
Imprint:
NGW-Stud Hist Art
Dimensions:
336 pages: 279 x 229mm
Illustrations:
144 b-w + 17 color illus.

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Between its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of World War I, France experienced a tremendous rise in populist nationalism, the aftershocks of which can still be felt today. In examining the forces that shaped the arts of this period—from the academy to the avant-garde, and from the museum to public spaces—this volume explores the relationship between the arts and political conflict and the impact of nationalism during the early modern period in France.

Fifteen distinguished contributors provide a comprehensive overview of a range of artistic media over five decades. Generously illustrated with works by artists including Georges Braque, Maurice Denis, Edouard Manet, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, as well as with images from the popular press, the book addresses such topics as how artists memorialized the Franco-Prussian War and connections between nationalism and artistic styles. Collectively, the essays represent a new approach in treating nationalism as a common thread among political and philosophical movements generally seen in terms of their ideological differences.

June Hargrove is professor of nineteenth-century European art at the University of Maryland, College Park. Neil McWilliam is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University.

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