The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870-1905: Modernity and Continuity

by Richard Thomson

This innovative book introduces a vivid new reading of French art and society at a crucial period of history

The study of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French art tends to focus on a search for the modern. Richard Thomson presents an innovative approach to a popular period of art history, instead investigating how art in early Third Republic France adapted styles from the past. The classical is the predominant theme,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300257104
• ISBN13: 9780300257106
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.8" x 10.9"