Renoir at the theatre
Subtitle: looking at la loge
By: edited by Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen and Barnaby Wright ; essays by John House, Nancy Ireson and Aileen Ribeiro ; catalogue by John House ... [et al.].
Contributors: Claerbergen, Ernst Vegelin van.; Wright, Barnaby; House, John.; Ireson, Nancy.; Ribeiro, Aileen, 1944-.; Courtauld Institute Galleries.
Publisher: The Courtauld Gallery; In association with Paul Holberton Pub.; In association with  Paul Holberton Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781903470732
Subjects: Renoir, Auguste, -- 1941-1919 -- Exhibitions; Spectators in art -- Exhibitions; Theaters in art -- Exhibitions; Women in art -- Exhibitions; Portrait painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Looking at la loge
Description: This volume presents the story of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting dubbed La Loge (The Theatre Box), created in 1874. This work is one of the masterpieces of Impressionism. Its depiction of an elegant couple on display in a box at the theater epitomizes the Impressionists' interest in the spectacle of modern life. At the heart of the painting is the complex play of gazes enacted by these two figures. In turning away from the performance, Renoir focused instead upon the theater as a social stage where status and relationships were on public display. This book unites La Loge with Renoir's other treatments of the subject and with loge paintings by contemporaries, including Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. Concentrating on the early years of Impressionism during the 1870s, the book explores how these artists used the loge to capture the excitement and changing nature of fashionable Parisian society.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Courtauld Gallery, Feb. 21-May 25, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125).