The rise and fall of the literary monument in post-revolutionary France

Author

Garval, Michael

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

The pictured word

Author (monograph)

Heusser, Martin (Editor, Collective Author); Clüver, Claus (Editor, Collective Author); Hoek, Leo (Editor, Collective Author); Weingarden, Lauren (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

The pictured word. 1998, 183-199, 13 ill.

Publisher

Rodopi, Amsterdam (NLD)

Publication country

Netherlands

Abstract (en)

Discusses the rise of public commemorative monuments for famous writers in 19th-c. France (and their counterparts, the caricatures of such celebrities), and argues that the decline of such monuments after the First World War owes much to the rise of photography.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- France
• Public art
• Sculpture
• Commemorative monuments
• Authors
• Celebrities
• Caricature
• France
• Photography
• Portraits
• 1800-2000

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- France
• Art public
• Sculpture
• Monument commémoratif
• Auteurs
• Célébrités
• Caricature
• France
• Photographie
• Portrait
• 1800-2000

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00027201

Sauf mention contraire ci-dessus, le contenu de cette notice bibliographique peut être utilisé dans le cadre d'une licence CC BY 4.0 / Unless otherwise stated above, the content of this bibliographic record may be used under a CC BY 4.0 license