"Fine cloths on the altar" : the commodification of late-nineteenth-century France

Author

Davis, Shane Adler

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art journal/Nineteenth-century French art institutions. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 48, p. 85-89, 5 ill.

ISSN

0004-3249

Abstract (en)

Examines the commodity culture of late 19th c. France and its dependence on women as consumers. Focuses on the Exposition Universelle of 1878 and the Parisian department store as reflections of the same spirit of commercial enterprise.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- France
• Department stores
• Women
• France
• 1800-1900
• Exposition universelle (1878)||Paris (FRA)
• Universal exhibitions
• Consumers
• Commerce
• Economics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- France
• Grand magasin
• Femmes
• France
• 1800-1900
• Exposition universelle (1878)||Paris (FRA)
• Exposition universelle
• Consommateurs
• Commerce
• Economie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00446375

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