Description
This book explores Barthes's 'model of painting' in the context of Balzac's fictional representations of the relation between artists, their models and their works of art. Diana Knight criticises the sexual politics of prostitution and marriage in nineteenth-century France.
About the Author
Diana Knight
Reviews
Are painting and sculpture equally liable to distort lived experience, or is sculpture capable of securing a closer approximation of material truth? This is just one of the intriguing questions suggested by Balzac and the Model of Painting. -- caa.reviews caa.reviews Carefully focused, tightly written, and well-presented, this volume of close readings of Balzac's artist stories is a solid and valuable addition to the Research Monographs in the Legenda series. -- Nineteenth-Century French Studies Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781905981069
Author Diana Knight
Format Hardback
Page Count 132
Imprint Maney Publishing
Publisher Maney Publishing
Weight(grams) 408g
About the Author
Diana Knight
Reviews
Are painting and sculpture equally liable to distort lived experience, or is sculpture capable of securing a closer approximation of material truth? This is just one of the intriguing questions suggested by Balzac and the Model of Painting. -- caa.reviews caa.reviews Carefully focused, tightly written, and well-presented, this volume of close readings of Balzac's artist stories is a solid and valuable addition to the Research Monographs in the Legenda series. -- Nineteenth-Century French Studies Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781905981069
Author Diana Knight
Format Hardback
Page Count 132
Imprint Maney Publishing
Publisher Maney Publishing
Weight(grams) 408g
