1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996199193103316

Titolo

Didaskalia : ancient theater today

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hobart], : University of Tasmania, 1994-

Coventry, U.K., : University of Warwick

Lynchburg, Va., : Randolph College

Descrizione fisica

1 online approval

Disciplina

882

Soggetti

Greek drama - Modern presentation - History and criticism

Greek drama - Modern presentation

Théâtre grec - Production et mise en scène modernes - Histoire et critique

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

"An English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963540903321

Autore

Riat Georges

Titolo

Gustave Courbet / / George Riat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone International, 2012

ISBN

9781283958202

1283958201

9781780429908

1780429908

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Temporis

Disciplina

759.4

Soggetti

Painters - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Childhood and Youth in Ornans and Besançon; I. The Beginnings; Paris and the First Salons; The First Exhibitions in Paris; The First Successes of Realism; Courbet's First Successes; Courbet as a Socialist Painter; The two others works went more or less unnoticed.; II. Glory; Courbet: the Centre of Controversy; The Controversy surrounding Realism; III. Decline; The Beginning of the End; The Case of The Woman with the Parrot; Courbet under the Commune; The Fall; The Arrest; Conclusion: Death of a Master; Chronology; List of Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Child of materialism and positivism, Courbet was without a doubt one of the most complex painters of the nineteenth century. Symbolising the rejection of traditions, Courbet did not hesitate to confront the public with the truth by liberating painting of conventional rules. He became from then on the leader of pictorial realism. This text on Courbet is the result of years of intensive research and traces with great care contradictory testimonies, the praises as well as the negative critics this controversial painter had during his times. By his precision as an art historian, Georges Riat sheds