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The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851

T.J. Clark • University of California Press • ISBN-13 978-0500272466

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The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851

T.J. Clark • University of California Press

ISBN-10: 0500272468 · ISBN-13: 978-0500272466 · 1973 · 1st Edition

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This book explores the intersection of art and politics in France during the revolutionary period of 1848-1851. T.J. Clark examines how artists responded to and were influenced by the political upheavals of the time, focusing on figures like Baudelaire and the depiction of Liberty in art.

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Publisher: University of California Press
Paperback1st Edition1848
Pages: 232Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

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Contributor: T.J. Clark

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Category: 19th CenturyCategory: 19th-Century French ArtCategory: Art And PoliticsCategory: Art And Social HistoryCategory: Cultural HistoryCategory: French ArtCategory: French RealismCategory: Marxist Art CriticismCategory: Political ArtInfluenced by: Karl MarxInfluenced by: Eugu00e8ne DelacroixInfluenced by: Honoru00e9 DaumierInfluenced by: Charles BaudelaireInfluenced by: Gustave CourbetInfluenced by: Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresInfluenced: Modern Art HistoriansInfluenced: Contemporary Political ArtistsInfluenced: Cultural TheoristsInfluenced: Art CriticsInfluenced: Social HistoriansInfluenced: Visual Culture ScholarsCornerstone of: Art History and Political Theory

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