Explosive acts
Subtitle: Toulouse-Lautrec, Oscar Wilde, Félix Fénẽon and the art & anarchy of the fin de siècle
By: David Sweetman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780684811796
Subjects: Anarchismus; De; Beeldende kunsten; Sociaal bewustzijn; Critique et interprétation; Fin de siècle; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Explores the life of Toulouse-Lautrec, his involvement "in a secret community of anarchist revolutionaries," his loyalty to Oscar Wilde, and his alliance to such outspoken social critics as Félix Fénéon.--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 502-507) and index.
Table of contents: title: A commission; title: Sporting prints; title: Towards montmartre; title: The odour of redheaded women; title: What passes on the streets; title: Love; title: Beneath the windmill; title: Monsieur Oscar Wilde; title: Along the Boulevard de Clichy; title: Show business; title: Explosive acts; title: A shuttered world; title: Sapphic nights; title: Trials; title: In Poland: that is to say nowhere; title: It's life that's bad, not me.