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The Appearance of Character
Physiognomy - the notion that there is a relationship between character and physical appearance - is often dismissed as a marginal pseudoscience; however, The Appearance of Character argues that it is central to many disciplines and thought processes, and that it constantly adapts itself to current patterns of thought and modes of discourse. This interdisciplinary study determines the characteristics of physiognomical thought in France during the previously neglected period leading up to the reception of Johann Caspar Lavater's physiognomy in the early 1780s. It establishes a corpus of physiognomical texts, juxtaposing `mainstream' figures such as Buffon and Diderot with a host of minor writ...
David After David
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Corporeal Practices
Corporeal Practices brings together a collection of essays on 'the body' in French Studies. The thematic approach, typical of la nouvelle critique, is well-represented as are psychoanalytic, genetic, feminist and queer readings, demonstrating how the subject of 'the body' can fruitfully serve a number of critical perspectives. Certain papers engage in a Derridean challenge to the traditional categories of 'literature', 'theory' and 'science' by showing that the body, by its very nature post-modern, denies attempts at classification and control. The book falls into three sections: Dissecting the Body, Sexing the Body and Inscribing the Body, spanning three centuries and involving such varied media as the cartoon, the novel, the poem, the portrait and the reference book, thereby providing a stimulating and innovative reference point for students and lecturers alike.
Der Salon und die Pariser Kunstszene unter Napoleon I.
Der Pariser Salon war die größte und wichtigste Ausstellung zeitgenössischer Kunst in Europa im 19. Jahrhundert. Er war Bühne künstlerischer Selbstvermarktung und Ort des Wettstreits, Kunstmesse, Massenattraktion, kulturelles Aushängeschild und staatliches Propaganda-instrument in einem; er versammelte Künstler, Kritiker, Sammler und Händler, war Anlass für ästhetische Debatten und zog ein internationales, sozial heterogenes Publikum in seinen Bann. Die Salons des Konsulats und des Premier Empire (1799–1814) wurden von Napoleon und seinen Beratern als Bühne und Werkzeug politischer Propaganda genutzt. Diesem tiefgreifenden Wandel der Ausstellung hatten sich Künstlerinnen und KÃ...
James Northcote, History Painting, and the Fables
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables, organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, and on view from October 2 to December 14, 2014."
How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness
Going beyond the 'blackness' of black art to examine the integrative and interdisciplinary practices of Kara Walker, Fred Wilson, Isaac Julien, Glenn Ligon, and William Pope.L—five contemporary black artists in whose work race plays anything but a defining role. Work by black artists today is almost uniformly understood in terms of its "blackness," with audiences often expecting or requiring it to "represent" the race. In How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness, Darby English shows how severely such expectations limit the scope of our knowledge about this work and how different it looks when approached on its own terms. Refusing to grant racial blackness—his metaphorical "total darkne...
Still Lives
How portraits of artists during the Renaissance helped create the first art stars in modern history Michelangelo was one of the biggest international art stars of his time, but being Michelangelo was no easy thing: he was stalked by fans, lauded and lambasted by critics, and depicted in unauthorized portraits. Still Lives traces the process by which artists such as Michelangelo, Dürer, and Titian became early modern celebrities. Artists had been subjects of biographies since antiquity, but Renaissance artists were the first whose faces were sometimes as recognizable as their art. Maria Loh shows how this transformation was aided by the rapid expansion of portraiture and self-portraiture as ...
Ingres and the Studio
An exploration of the portrait art of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, focusing on his studio practice and his training of students.
