Imagery and ideology : fiction and painting in nineteenth-century France / / William J. Berg

• Autore: Berg William J
• Pubblicazione: Newark, : University of Delaware Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 843/.709357
• Soggetto topico: French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; Painting in literature; Art and literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Imagery and Ideology: Literature and Painting -- Ideology Laid Bare: Corneille and David -- Imagery and Conflicting Ideologies: Chateaubriand and Girodet -- The Modern Pygmalion: Balzac and Daumier -- ''Les trois glorieuses'': Stendhal, Delacroix, and Hugo -- Idealizing the Image of the Peasant: Sand, Holbein, and Millet -- Salome's Dance: Flaubert, Moreau, and Huysmans -- From Imagery to Ideology through Irony: Zola and Manet -- Impressionist Ideology: Maupassant, Monet, and Renoir père et fils -- Kaleidoscopic Images of Algerian Women: Delacroix, Picasso, and Djebar -- Conclusion: Reading in the Modern Mode -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: By juxtaposing the works of ten major writers and ten painters of comparable stature, this book explores the various modalities and layers of meaning in nineteenth-century French art, both verbal and visual. It proposes ways of reading the ambivalent artifacts of modernity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imagery and ideology
• ISBN: 0-8453-4893-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964258603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II