1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000968760203316

Autore

TORRE, Alessandro <1957-    >

Titolo

Interpretare la costituzione britannica : itinerari culturali a confronto / Alessandro Torre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Giappichelli, c1997

ISBN

88-348-7094-8

Descrizione fisica

X, 774 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

342.41029

Soggetti

Gran Bretagna - Costituzioni politiche - Storia

Collocazione

XXIV.2.M 114 (IG XXI 476)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817419303321

Autore

Kalba Laura Anne <1977->

Titolo

Color in the age of impressionism : commerce, technology, and art / / Laura Anne Kalba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-271-07978-9

0-271-07980-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages )

Collana

RM, refiguring modernism

Disciplina

701.85

Soggetti

Color in art

Color - Social aspects - France - History - 19th century

Impressionism (Art) - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Michel- Eugène Chevreul, Color, and the Dangers of Excessive Variety -- Chapter Two . From Blue Roses to Yellow Violets: Flowers and the Cultivation of Color -- Chapter Three . Impressionism’s Chemical Aesthetic: The Materials and Meanings of Color -- Chapter Four . Fireworks: Color, Fantasy, and the Visual Culture of Modern Enchantment -- Chapter Five . Chromolithography: Posters, Trade Cards, and the Politics of Ephemera Collecting in Fin-de-Siècle France -- Epilogue . Autochromes and Neo- Impressionism: The End of the Age of Impressionism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Analyzes the impact of color technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumiere brothers' perfection of the autochrome color photography process. Examines the development of the basic aesthetic schemata of modern visual culture"--Provided by publisher.