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Misère : the visual representation of misery in the 19th century
- Title
- Misère : the visual representation of misery in the 19th century / Linda Nochlin.
- Author
- Nochlin, Linda
- Publication
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 176 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- In 'Misère', famed art historian Linda Nochlin reveals how, in the new form of civilization produced by the Industrial Revolution, in which the phenomenal growth of wealth occurred alongside an expansion of squalor, writers and artists of the nineteenth century used their craft to come to terms with what were often new and unprecedented social, material, and psychological circumstances. Nochlin charts the phenomenon of misery as it was represented in the popular and fine arts of the nineteenth century. Examining work by some of the great intellects of the era--including Dickens, Carlyle, Engels, Hugo, Buret, Disraeli, and de Tocqueville--as well as relative unknowns who were searching for ways to depict new realities, Nochlin draws from a range of sources that include paintings, prints, newspaper illustrations, photography, and a variety of texts: from the account of a day in the life of an eight-year-old mine worker girl to the foundational texts of the field such as Friedrich Engels's The condition of the working class in England.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index.
- Contents
- Misère: the Irish paradigm -- The gender of misery -- Géricault, Goya and the representation of misery -- Representing misery: Courbet's Beggar woman -- Fernand Pelez: master of miserable old men -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JQE 18-412
- ISBN
- 9780500239698
- 050023969X
- LCCN
- 2017945553
- 99976311345
- OCLC
- 1019645749
- Author
- Nochlin, Linda, author.
- Title
- Misère : the visual representation of misery in the 19th century / Linda Nochlin.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 99976311345
- Research Call Number
- JQE 18-412