Art and Literature of the Second Empire

Baguley, David

This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that regime exploited to its advantage the artistic capital available to it. -- .

EAN

9780719085857

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

31 October 2012

Pages

200