Frascina, Francis.

Modernity and modernism : French painting in the nineteenth century / Francis Frascina ... [et. al.]. - 297 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Modern art--practices and debates .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290) and index.

Introduction / by Briony Fer. --
Modern practices of art and modernity / by Nigel Blake and Francis Frascina. --
Impressionism, modernism and originality / by Charles Harrison. --
Gender and representation / by Tamar Garb.


This is the first in a series of four books about art and its interpretation from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. The authors seek to explain the most important issues confronting any study of modern art, without attempting exhaustive coverage. The books present a range of approaches characteristic of current art-historical debates. The first volume focuses on aspects of Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Paris between about 1848 and 1900.

0300055137 0300055145 (paper)

92035017


Painting, French--19th century.
Impressionism (Art)--France.
Modernism (Art)--France.

ND547.5.I4 / M64 1993

759.409034