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Euro-orientalism
Drawing from a range of critical perspectives, in particular postcolonial, this book examines the relationship between perceptions of Russia and of Eastern Europe and the making of a 'Western' identity. It explores the ways in which the perception of certain characteristics of Russia and Eastern Europe, whether real or attributed, was shaped by (and used for) the construction of a liberal narrative of the West, which eventually became dominant. The focus of this inquiry is French culture, from the beginning of the debate about Russia among the philosophes (c.1740) to the consolidation of a professional field of Slavic studies (c.1880). A wide range of writing - literature, travel accounts, h...
The Artist as Murderer
The 4th century BC Greek painter Parrhasius murdered his model--an old man who was his slave--to achieve, so the story goes, a more lifelike depiction of nature. The tale has inspired similar, more elaborate stories about both well known and obscure artists--including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Elements of the tale have appeared in theater, literature and film, as well as in comments by painters, historians, critics and anatomists. Challenging the archetype of the artist as a sympathetic lover of nature, this book examines the artist as cruel and murderous in service of art and ambition, and indirectly addresses a different understanding of the relationship between art and life.
The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
Histoires d'historiennes
La participation des femmes au développement des disciplines historiques reste en France un sujet largement ignoré. Pourtant, genre littéraire configuré (comme les autres) par l'inégale répartition des activités entre les deux sexes, l'Histoire au féminin a une histoire longue. Elle est ici relue à travers des portraits individuels ou collectifs d'historiennes, ainsi que l'analyse de quelques-uns de leurs thèmes favoris.Ce recueil révèle, aux côtés de personnalités éclatantes comme Christine de Pizan au XVe siècle, l'existence de figures moins connues mais tout aussi importantes : chroniqueuses monastiques, pédagogues laïques, mémorialistes, nouvellistes, romancières, jo...
