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Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France
Hardback
Main Details
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Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Julie Anne Plax
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:274 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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| Category/Genre | Art and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800
Painting and paintings |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521642682
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| Classifications | Dewey:759.4 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
15 August 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France, Julie Anne Plax engages in an interdisciplinary examination of several categories of Watteau's paintings--theatrical, military, fetes, and the art dealer. Arguing that Watteau consistently applied coherent strategies of representation aimed at subverting high art, she shows how his paintings toyed ironically with conventions and genres and confounded traditional categories. Plax connects these strategies to broader cultural themes and political issues that Watteau's art addressed throughout his career, thereby revealing the substantial unity of his oeuvre.
Reviews"Carefully and clearly argued, Plax's book sets a model for actively integrating visual, historical and theoretical concerns." CAA Reviews "Plax does well to call our attention in a new way to this capacity for transformation of self and culture represented by Watteau's figures." Eighteenth-Century Studies
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