Gustave Caillebotte and the Fashioning of Identity in Impressionist Paris (Paperback)

by Gustave Caillebotte (Editor), Norma Broude (Editor)
Key Phrases: homosocial spectrum, institutionalized homophobia, bon bourgeois, New York, The Luncheon, Rainy Day (more...)

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"This collection's strength resides in its interpretations of Caillebotte's paintings in the contexts of personality, class, sexuality, and artistic style." -- Steven Z. Levine, the Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities and director of the Center for Visual Culture, Bryn Mawr College

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Once neglected, Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), a painter associated with the French Impressionists, has become the subject of intense public interest and renewed scholarly debate. With a series of exhibitions showcasing his work, Caillebotte's enigmatic paintings have begun to exert an unexpected fascination for postmodern audiences and have become rich sites for interpretive debate. The essays which comprise this volume exempify this Caillebotte scholarship. They employ a variety of perspectives to examine the ways in which his art sheds light on the formation of individual class identities in Paris during the early years of the Third Republic - an era of transition marked by the burgeoning of capitalism and the instabilities of newly shifting gender roles in the modern world. Addressing a wide range of major paintings by Caillebotte, the contributors reveal the compound ways in which the artist encoded his images and the multiple interpretations to which these images are susceptible. Juxtaposed so as to complement and challenge on another, the essays are intended to build a provocative whole as they probe issues of spectatorship and authorial intention. The contributors - internationally known scholars and art professionals, including Michael Fried, Tamar Garb and Kirk Varnedoe - create an important theoretical framework for the discussion of Caillebotte's work.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 233 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813530180
• ISBN-13: 978-0813530185
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Deep understanding, July 6, 2003

By	Roland GHEZ "roland ghez" (LYON France) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very exhaustive and subtle review of Caillebotte's art and personnality