Vernet is now experiencing something of a comeback among art historians, as this excellent volume testifies. A major part of its success is due to its tripartite organization, which crosses thresholds . . . between the public image of Vernet, the artist's attempts to unseat history painting in favor of genre and less antiquated subject matter, and his creative engagement ... Read morewith modern visual technologies. This broad approach, involving essays by well-established specialists as well as early-career researchers, reveals the complexity of the issues at stake.
Nineteenth-Century French Studies Vernet needs - indeed deserves - the wide-ranging reassessment that Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture provides.
Burlington Magazine The contributors to the volume are an impressive collection of well-established scholars and newer voices in the field, giving the work in its entirety a refreshing energy to complement its impressive depth and breadth. Singly and collectively, these articles make a strong case for considering Horace Vernet another worthy candidate for the title of 'le peintre de la vie moderne', Baudelaire notwithstanding. Beautifully conceived and generously illustrated, this is a must-read text for anyone interested in the politics of art and culture in nineteenth-century France.
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