Title: Passionate discontent
First published: 1999
Description: "Passionate Discontent is a study that explores the relationship between gender and genius in late nineteenth-century French Symbolism.".

"Art historian Patricia Mathews examines the artistic, social, and scientific discourses of fin-de-siecle France. Along the way, she illuminates the Symbolist construction of a feminized aesthetic that nonetheless excluded female artists from its realm. She analyzes contemporary cultural assumptions as well as theories such as social Darwinism, biological determinism, and degeneracy."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Art, French, Gender identity in art, Symbolism (Art movement), French Art, Contentment, Stress (psychology), Women artists
Places: France
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: N6847.5.N3 M37 1999