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Futures & Ruins
Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert
Taschenbuch von Nina L Dubin
Sprache: Englisch

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In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainties of an economy characterized by the dread-inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock exchange, and bold ventures in real estate. As the favored artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersections between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. At the center of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris--macabre and spectacular paintings of fires and demolitions created on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, Futures & Ruins understands these artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for destruction. The paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy. This captivating account--lavishly illustrated with rarely reproduced objects--recovers the critical significance of the eighteenth-century cult of ruins and of Robert's art for our times.
In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainties of an economy characterized by the dread-inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock exchange, and bold ventures in real estate. As the favored artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersections between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. At the center of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris--macabre and spectacular paintings of fires and demolitions created on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, Futures & Ruins understands these artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for destruction. The paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy. This captivating account--lavishly illustrated with rarely reproduced objects--recovers the critical significance of the eighteenth-century cult of ruins and of Robert's art for our times.
Über den Autor
Nina L. Dubin is an associate professor of art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781606061404
ISBN-10: 1606061402
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dubin, Nina L
Hersteller: Getty Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 269 x 189 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Nina L Dubin
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2013
Gewicht: 0,712 kg
Artikel-ID: 132513990
Über den Autor
Nina L. Dubin is an associate professor of art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781606061404
ISBN-10: 1606061402
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dubin, Nina L
Hersteller: Getty Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 269 x 189 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Nina L Dubin
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2013
Gewicht: 0,712 kg
Artikel-ID: 132513990
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