Nature and the Nation in Fin-de-Siècle France
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-6261-9 (ISBN)
By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile Gallé (1846–1904), whose works they described as the essence of French design. Many even went so far as to argue that the artist’s creations could reinvigorate France’s fading arts industries and help restore its economic prosperity by defining a modern style to represent the nation. For fin-de-siècle viewers, Gallé’s works constituted powerful reflections on the idea of national belonging, modernity, and the role of the arts in political engagement. While existing scholarship has largely focused on the artist’s innovative technical processes, a close analysis of Gallé’s works brings to light the surprisingly complex ways in which his fragile creations were imbricated in the political turmoil that characterized fin-de-siècle France. Examining Gallé’s works inspired by Japanese art, his patriotically inflected designs for the Universal Exposition of 1889, his artistic manifesto in support of Dreyfus created in 1900, and finally, his late works that explore the concept of evolution, this book reveals how Gallé returns again and again to the question of national identity as the central issue in his work.
Jessica M. Dandona is Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She earned her PhD in the History of Art from the University of California at Berkeley. Recent publications include contributions to Picturing Evolution and Extinction (2016) and to Place and Locality in Modern France (2014).
Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Object nation: The role of the decorative arts in defining a modern style for France
Chapter One
Carved into the flesh of France: Gallé and the Franco-Prussian War
Chapter Two
Clear water: Japonisme, nature, and the formation of a national style
Chapter Three
Gallé and Dreyfus: A Republican vision
Chapter Four
One for all or all for one? Gallé and the Ecole de Nancy
Conclusion: A fragile legacy
Works cited
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 23.06.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950 |
Zusatzinfo | 8 Halftones, color; 46 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 46 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
Gewicht | 703 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4724-6261-0 / 1472462610 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4724-6261-9 / 9781472462619 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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