The Painted Face: Portraits of Women in France, 1814-1914

by Tamar Garb

The meaning of a painted portrait and even its subject may be far more complex than expected, Tamar Garb reveals in this book. She charts for the first time the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century, showing how these paintings illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300111185
• ISBN13: 9780300111187
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.3"