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The painted face : portraits of women in France, 1814-1914 / Tamar Garb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: ix, 276 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300111187 .
  • 9780300111187 .
Subject(s):
Contents:
Fictions of femininity in the case of Ingres' portrait of Madame De Senonnes -- Framing femininity in Manet's portrait of Mlle E.G. -- Blank mourning: Portraiture and separation -- Touching sexual difference: Madame Cezanne in a yellow chair -- Portrait in pieces: Cubism's corpus -- Lost subject of portraiture: Matisse's portrait of 1913
Summary: While a painted portrait usually seems to need little explanation, a closer look may reveal that its meaning and even its subject are far more complex than expected. This book charts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early 19th century to its demise in the early 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.

Fictions of femininity in the case of Ingres' portrait of Madame De Senonnes -- Framing femininity in Manet's portrait of Mlle E.G. -- Blank mourning: Portraiture and separation -- Touching sexual difference: Madame Cezanne in a yellow chair -- Portrait in pieces: Cubism's corpus -- Lost subject of portraiture: Matisse's portrait of 1913

While a painted portrait usually seems to need little explanation, a closer look may reveal that its meaning and even its subject are far more complex than expected. This book charts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early 19th century to its demise in the early 20th century.

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