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The circus : a visual history

Title
The circus : a visual history / Pascal Jacob ; preface by Marius Kwint ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr.
Author
Jacob, Pascal
Publication
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Kwint, Marius
  • Dörr, Augusta
  • Jacab, Pascal
Description
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
Using over 200 circus related artworks from the French National Library's private collections, celebrated cultural historian Pascal Jacob tells the story of travelling entertainers and their art and trade. From nomadic animal tamers of the Dark Ages to European jugglers and acrobats of the 1800s, from the use of the circus as Soviet propaganda to the 20th-century Chinese performance art renaissance, this is an exhaustive history with a uniquely international scope.0Jacob draws on both rare and famous artworks, including prints dating from the 13th century, and paintings by Picasso and Dore. In doing so he demonstrates the circus to be a visual and physical masterpiece, constantly moving and evolving, and just as exciting an experience for audiences now as it was 1,000 years ago.
Uniform Title
Histoire du cirque. English
Alternative Title
Histoire du cirque.
Subject
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Circus > History
  • Circus > History > Pictorial works
  • Circus
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "First published in France under the title Une Histoire du Cirque by Pascal Jacob, 2016 Éditions du Seuil."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 237).
Language (note)
  • Text in English. Translated from French.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Origins: Antiquity-1770: The Grand Highway -- Impact and Domination, 1770-1880: The West Conquers the World -- Changes: 1880-1930: Of Men and Beasts -- Influences, 1930-2015: The Big Plunge -- Finale -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Photographic Credits.
Call Number
MWF+ 18-6647
ISBN
  • 9781350043107
  • 1350043109
LCCN
2017046928
OCLC
1005201791
Author
Jacob, Pascal, author.
Title
The circus : a visual history / Pascal Jacob ; preface by Marius Kwint ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr.
Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 237).
Language
Text in English. Translated from French.
Added Author
Kwint, Marius, writer of preface.
Dörr, Augusta, translator.
Translation of: Jacab, Pascal. Histoire du cirque.
Research Call Number
MWF+ 18-6647
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