Bodies of Modernity: Figure and Flesh in Fin-De-Siecle France

by Tamar Garb

Book Overview

Thought to be unequivocally different from one another, modern men and women were expected to express their sexuality and social positions in the clothes they wore, the poses they struck, and the behavior they exhibited. In a series of case studies, Bodies of Modernity looks at works by Cezanne, Renoir, Seurat, Tissot, and Caillebotte as well as photographs of male body builders to establish an image of the modern body. Well-known works such as Renoir's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500280495
• ISBN13: 9780500280492
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"