Splendours and Miseries: Images of Prostitution in France, 1850-1910

by Marie Robert, Isolde Pludermacher, Richard Thomson, et al.

This work traces the artists and photographers who--whether fascinated or repelled by prostitution in all its forms--captured the realities and fantasies of this ambiguous world. From the scandalous Olympia by Manet to Degas's The Absinthe Drinker , from Toulouse-Lautrec and Munch's forays into brothels to the bold figures and caricature portraits of Rouault, van Dongen, and Picasso, this book foregrounds how the shadowy domain of prostitution played...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2081372746
• ISBN13: 9782081372740
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.9" x 11.9"