French sculpture following the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1880
Subtitle: realist allegories and the commemoration of defeat
By: Michael Dorsch.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Surrey, UK, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781409403524
Subjects: Public sculpture, French -- 19th century; War memorials -- France; Symbolism in art -- France; Realism in art -- France; Art and society -- France -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The hermaphroditic power of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière's Allegory of resistance; title: The emperor's furrowed brow and the prostitute's imperious gaze : social degeneracy writ large; title: Antonin Mercié's Gloria victis and the mollification of the French psyche; title: The soldier's bandaged foot : state sponsorship of the image of defeat in the 1879 concours for the Monument to La Défense de Paris; title: Auguste Rodin's The Age of bronze : commemoration stripped bare; title: Conclusion.