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Author:

Parker, Shalon, author.

Title:

Painting the prehistoric body in late nineteenth-century France / Shalon Parker.

Publisher:

University of Delaware Press ;

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

vii, 167 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Cormon, Fernand,--1854-1924--Criticism and interpretation.
Prehistoric peoples in art.
Human figure in art.
Painting, French--19th century--Themes, motives.
Academic art, French--19th century--Themes, motives.
Painting, French--20th century--Themes, motives.
Academic art, French--20th century--Themes, motives.
Human figure in art.
Painting, French--Themes, motives.
Prehistoric peoples in art.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the prehistoric world in fin-de-siecle France -- Precis of a model career, or following in the footsteps of Delacroix -- Cai˜n, evolutionary science, and the Academie -- Cormon, "ethnographer" of the prehistoric -- Representing human development in the Museum d'histoire naturelle murals -- Conclusion : the prehistoric in the world of fin-de-siecle France.

ISBN:

1611496705
9781611496703

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048662822

LCCN:

2018038966

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)