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Title: NATURE AND THE NATION IN FIN-DE-SIECLE FRANCE
THE ART OF EMILE GALLE AND THE ECOLE DE NANCY
By: Jessica M. Dandona
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £34.99


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ISBN 10: 1351708767
ISBN 13: 9781351708760
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 5 June, 2017
Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
Pages: 214
Synopsis: By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile Galle (1846-1904), whose works they described as the essence of French design. Many even went so far as to argue that the artist's creations could reinvigorate France's fading arts industries and help restore its economic prosperity by defining a modern style to represent the nation. For fin-de-siecle viewers, Galle's works constituted powerful reflections on the idea of national belonging, modernity, and the role of the arts in political engagement. While existing scholarship has largely focused on the artist's innovative technical processes, a close analysis of Galle's works brings to light the surprisingly complex ways in which his fragile creations were imbricated in the political turmoil that characterized fin-de-siecle France. Examining Galle's works inspired by Japanese art, his patriotically inflected designs for the Universal Exposition of 1889, his artistic manifesto in support of Dreyfus created in 1900, and finally, his late works that explore the concept of evolution, this book reveals how Galle returns again and again to the question of national identity as the central issue in his work.
Illustrations: 8 Halftones, color; 46 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color;
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Non-returnable
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