Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France

Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France - Paperback

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Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France

Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France - Paperback

by Julie Anne Plax
$81.09
Sale price  $81.09 Regular price 

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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.

ISBN9780521200844
Author Julie Anne Plax
PublisherCambridge University Press
GenreArts and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2011
LanguageENG- English
Pages274
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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