{"product_id":"a-companion-to-french-art-hardback-9781119370468","title":"A Companion to French Art (Hardback) 9781119370468","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to French Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNatalie Adamson (Edited by), Adamson (Author), Richard Taws (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119370468, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 February 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e624 pages\u003cbr\u003e26.4 x 19.3 x 5.6 cm, 1.383 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century to the present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting the artistic eras from the transformative upheavals of the French Revolution to the dynamic global intersections of contemporary art in the 21st century, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to French Art,\u003c\/i\u003e provides an unparalleled analysis of French art. Edited by Richard Taws and Natalie Adamson, this authoritative volume offers new ways to consider the broad history of French art through critical attention to diverse objects, mediums, and practices that have shaped French art across centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShedding new light on how art has interacted with and challenged established narratives, this volume features 30 essays by leading and emerging scholars, offering insights into a wide range of topics, including revolutionary iconography, modernist movements, colonial legacies, and contemporary art's engagement with global issues. Going beyond traditional frameworks, these chapters present new methodologies and innovative interpretations that reflect the evolving questions and challenges in art history. Addressing essential themes while expanding the boundaries of how French art is understood today, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to French Art:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers comprehensive coverage of French art with a uniquely wide topical and temporal scope\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines diverse media and materials including painting, sculpture, photography, film, ceramics, industrial design, and fashion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with cutting-edge methodologies such as post-colonial critique and feminist theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on in-depth archival research and previously unexplored materials for fresh insights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in French art history, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to French Art,\u003c\/i\u003e is also an invaluable resource for academics, museum professionals, and researchers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors xv\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors xvii\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor's Preface xxiii\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalie Adamson and Richard Taws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Post- Revolutionary Visions 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Smiling Face of Terror: Étienne Béricourt's French Revolution 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Taws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 After the Terror, Passing Scenes: Historical Experience in Robertson's Paris Phantasmagoria 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJillian Lerner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Portraits and Pathologies: Clinical Pictures in Early Nineteenth-Century France 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMechthild Fend Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Costuming in History Painting 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan L. Siegfried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Déjeuner Culture et récolte du cacao: Staging Fantasies of Regression in Nineteenth-Century French Porcelain 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIris Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Album des Deux Frontières: Lithography at the Nation's Limit 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly Presutti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Materialising Modernity 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Ground of Painting: Modernism and Materiality in Gustave Courbet's L'atelier du peintre (1855) 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeronica Peselmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Designing with Iron in Mid- Nineteenth- Century France 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy F. Ogata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Camille Pissarro at the Crossroad of the Plantation 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelene Engnes Birkeli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Gloomy Renoir 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollis Clayson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Playing Doctor with Toulouse- Lautrec: Male Friendship, Medicine, and Identity 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Monet's Series Reconsidered: Instantaneity in Standard Time 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndré Dombrowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Media, Publics, Subjects 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 In the Tradition: Grappling with the Past in the Long Nineteenth Century 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeil McWilliam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Precious Works of Art: Rodin's Hanakos and Hanako's Rodins 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliet Bellow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 L'Inhumaine (1924), the \"Plastic\" Arts, and Cinematic Specificity 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Turvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Public Turn in French Art during the 1930s 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eToby Norris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Surrealism: Revolution of the \"Never Seen\" 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Laxton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Film Photo- Novel \"Made in France\" 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Baetens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Contesting the Nation 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Entangled Modernisms: Vietnamese Modern Art in Paris 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhoebe Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 \"What the Black Man Contributes\": Présence Africaine, l'art nègre, and Modernism in Post- War Paris 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlastair Wright and Kathleen Rawlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Bidonville Aesthetics and Genealogies of Modernity from Algiers, 1953\/1963 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheila Crane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Universality as a Radical Form: The Philips Pavilion at Expo 58 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoit Banai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The World in Question: Post-Imperial Solidarities in Narrative Figuration 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMing Tiampo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The \"École de Paris\" in Dakar 449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaureen Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 Archives of the Present 467\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Building the \"Museum Without Walls\": Innovations in Photographic Art Reproduction in France, 1860-1960 469\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Timby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Unlearning at the École des Beaux- Arts de Paris 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDéborah Laks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Seeing the Dark Continent in the City of Light: Women's Transnational Networks in 1970s Paris, Capital of the Arts 509\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRakhee Balaram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Art and Fashion in the 1980s 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Cras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Photographic Investigations: Between Art, Human Sciences, and Investigative Journalism 545\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanièle Méaux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Unsunk Archives: The Resurfacing of Colonial Historical Records in Contemporary Art 563\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatarzyna Falęcka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 581\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20art%20\/%20art%20\u0026amp;%20design%20styles%20%5BAC%5D%22\"\u003eAC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52428570886424,"sku":"9781119370468","price":104.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119370468.jpg?v=1784680139","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-french-art-hardback-9781119370468","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}