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.