| Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France Contributor(s): Plax, Julie Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521200849 ISBN-13: 9780521200844 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 759.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7" W x 10" (1.06 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France, Julie Anne Plax engages in an interdisciplinary examination of several categories of Watteau's paintings--theatrical, military, fetes, and the art dealer. Arguing that Watteau consistently applied coherent strategies of representation aimed at subverting high art, she shows how his paintings toyed ironically with conventions and genres and confounded traditional categories. Plax connects these strategies to broader cultural themes and political issues that Watteau's art addressed throughout his career, thereby revealing the substantial unity of his oeuvre. |
