The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870
Susan Waller
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paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACV; CB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172. Weight in Grams: 360.
Although mastery of the representation of the human figure was central to art making as early as the fifteenth century in Europe, in the nineteenth-century French imagination the artist's model became identified as a distinct social type and cultural trope. This study of the artist's model in Paris between 1830 and 1870 incorporates three histories: a social history of professional models, a cultural history of models as social types, and an art history of representations of the model in elite and popular visual culture. It takes as its starting point the artist-model transaction: demonstrating that stereotypes of 'the model' that ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138252653
SKU
V9781138252653
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About Susan Waller
Susan Waller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, USA
Reviews for The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870
’... Waller's Herculean work in the archives is palpable... Waller thereby finds that rare thing, a research topic in French nineteenth-century art previously left comparatively untouched by scholars, making her book an invaluable contribution to the field.’ French Studies ’Waller's study [...] includes numerous illustrations, which make a welcome addition to the literature on this subject... this book ... Read more