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The Resource Dream states : Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France, Jennifer L. Shaw

Dream states : Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France, Jennifer L. Shaw

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Summary
  • "Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was a towering figure in late nineteenth-century France. The country's greatest public painter, he created murals that decorated museums in Amiens, Rouen, and Lyons as well as major buildings in Paris - most notably the Pantheon, the Sorbonne, and the city hall. Critics from the political right, left, and center, the avant-garde, the Academy, and the state all agreed on the importance of Puvis's murals. There was much controversy, however, over the meaning of these works."
  • "This illustrated book is the first full-length examination of Puvis's murals and their critical reception during the artist's lifetime. Jennifer L. Shaw explains that Puvis's paintings were imagined to embody a vision of France. Although his regional images, allegories of the French heritage, and evocations of the nation as an embracing motherland were all part of a grand tradition of public art, Puvis's painting style was more closely alligned with the avant-garde. Rather than providing a specific narrative or allegory of France, Puvis's murals provoked viewers to experience their own fantasies of Frenchness; rather than using the close brushwork favored by most of his contemporaries, Puvis used large, flat areas of color to render his subjects
  • Shaw persuasively argues that Puvis was the only painter of the period to unite the traditions of public art and modernist form. Her original analysis of Puvis's art underlines his importance to the history of modernism; her examination of the public response to his art illuminates debates about art, subjectivity, and national identity in fin-de-siecle France."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 245 p.
Contents
  • 5.
  • Imagining the Motherland: Modernism and Fantasy in the Hotel de Ville
  • Conclusion: The Banquet for Puvis de Chavannes
  • 1.
  • High Art's Other Body
  • 2.
  • Dream's Body: The Sacred Grove Dear to the Arts and Muses
  • 3.
  • Dreaming the French Patrimony
  • 4.
  • The Epistemology of Dream: The Sorbonne Mural
Isbn
9780300083828
Link
https://archive.org/details/dreamstatespuvis00shaw
Instance
Label
Dream states : Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France
Title
Dream states
Title remainder
Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France
Statement of responsibility
Jennifer L. Shaw
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was a towering figure in late nineteenth-century France. The country's greatest public painter, he created murals that decorated museums in Amiens, Rouen, and Lyons as well as major buildings in Paris - most notably the Pantheon, the Sorbonne, and the city hall. Critics from the political right, left, and center, the avant-garde, the Academy, and the state all agreed on the importance of Puvis's murals. There was much controversy, however, over the meaning of these works."
  • "This illustrated book is the first full-length examination of Puvis's murals and their critical reception during the artist's lifetime. Jennifer L. Shaw explains that Puvis's paintings were imagined to embody a vision of France. Although his regional images, allegories of the French heritage, and evocations of the nation as an embracing motherland were all part of a grand tradition of public art, Puvis's painting style was more closely alligned with the avant-garde. Rather than providing a specific narrative or allegory of France, Puvis's murals provoked viewers to experience their own fantasies of Frenchness; rather than using the close brushwork favored by most of his contemporaries, Puvis used large, flat areas of color to render his subjects
  • Shaw persuasively argues that Puvis was the only painter of the period to unite the traditions of public art and modernist form. Her original analysis of Puvis's art underlines his importance to the history of modernism; her examination of the public response to his art illuminates debates about art, subjectivity, and national identity in fin-de-siecle France."--Jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Shaw, Jennifer Laurie
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
ND553.P9
LC item number
S53 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
  • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
  • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
  • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
  • Symbolism in art
  • National characteristics in art
  • Symbolisme dans l'art
  • Caractéristiques nationales dans l'art
  • National characteristics in art
  • Symbolism in art
  • Muurschilderingen
  • Nationalisme
  • Wandmalerei
  • Nationalbewusstsein
Label
Dream states : Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France, Jennifer L. Shaw
Link
https://archive.org/details/dreamstatespuvis00shaw
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-237) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Imagining the Motherland: Modernism and Fantasy in the Hotel de Ville
  • Conclusion: The Banquet for Puvis de Chavannes
  • 1.
  • High Art's Other Body
  • 2.
  • Dream's Body: The Sacred Grove Dear to the Arts and Muses
  • 3.
  • Dreaming the French Patrimony
  • 4.
  • The Epistemology of Dream: The Sorbonne Mural
Dimensions
cm.
Extent
x, 245 p.
Isbn
9780300083828
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2001003130
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)47013123
  • (OCoLC)ocm47013123
Label
Dream states : Puvis de Chavannes, modernism, and the fantasy of France, Jennifer L. Shaw
Link
https://archive.org/details/dreamstatespuvis00shaw
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-237) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Imagining the Motherland: Modernism and Fantasy in the Hotel de Ville
  • Conclusion: The Banquet for Puvis de Chavannes
  • 1.
  • High Art's Other Body
  • 2.
  • Dream's Body: The Sacred Grove Dear to the Arts and Muses
  • 3.
  • Dreaming the French Patrimony
  • 4.
  • The Epistemology of Dream: The Sorbonne Mural
Dimensions
cm.
Extent
x, 245 p.
Isbn
9780300083828
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2001003130
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)47013123
  • (OCoLC)ocm47013123

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