num_pages: 280
description: Engaging, sophisticated, and witty, French-born artist James Joseph Tissot painted for many years in mid-nineteenth century London. As he documented contemporary fashion, manners, and mores, he also revealed the paradoxes and anxieties of his age. In this book, ten contributors look at and beneath Tissot`s seductive surfaces to arrive at fresh insights into this complex artist and his work.
language: English
title: Seductive Surfaces: The Art of Tissot
titlecomplete: Seductive Surfaces: The Art of Tissot (Studies in British Art)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA