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Bullfighting
Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier
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Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour', wrote Ernest Hemingway in "Death in the Afternoon". Art? Ritual? Sport? Cruelty? Though opinions are divided, one thing is certain bullfighting sparks passionate responses. Supporters argue that bullfighting is a culturally important tradition stretching back thousands of years, while animal rights groups argue that it is cruel and barbaric, causing unnecessary suffering to both bulls and horses. In "Bullfighting", Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier brings clarity to this debate through an exploration of ... Read more
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour', wrote Ernest Hemingway in "Death in the Afternoon". Art? Ritual? Sport? Cruelty? Though opinions are divided, one thing is certain bullfighting sparks passionate responses. Supporters argue that bullfighting is a culturally important tradition stretching back thousands of years, while animal rights groups argue that it is cruel and barbaric, causing unnecessary suffering to both bulls and horses. In "Bullfighting", Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier brings clarity to this debate through an exploration of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861895189
SKU
V9781861895189
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About Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier
Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier is Professor of Art History at the Universite Jean-Moulin in Lyon. She is the author of many books, including A History of Floral Painting (1992), A History of French Still Life in the Nineteenth Century (1998) and, with Eric Baratay, the acclaimed Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West (Reaktion, 2004).
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