Jean-Leon Gerome and the Crisis of History Painting in the 1850s
Download or Read eBook Jean-Leon Gerome and the Crisis of History Painting in the 1850s PDF written by Gulru Cakmak and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Gulru Cakmak |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 1800857152 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781800857155 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Jean-Leon Gerome and the Crisis of History Painting in the 1850s by : Gulru Cakmak
Book excerpt: This book demonstrates that by the 1850s the historical paintings no longer excited the French public. This provocative study reveals Gérôme, typically dismissed as a conservative painter, as a pioneering innovator who responded swiftly to this crisis in art. In a group of experimental paintings in the late 1850s, he devised a quintessentially modern mode of historical representation.