Consuming Painting: Food and the Feminine in Impressionist Paris

by Allison Deutsch

In Consuming Painting, Allison Deutsch challenges the pervasive view that Impressionism was above all about visual experience. Focusing on the language of food and consumption as they were used by such prominent critics as Baudelaire and Zola, she writes new histories for familiar works by Manet, Monet, Caillebotte, and Pissarro and creates fresh possibilities for experiencing and interpreting them.

Examining the culinary metaphors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271087234
• ISBN13: 9780271087238
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.3"