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1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Rethinking art's histories
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Rethinking art's histories.
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Contents |
Cover; Fleshing out surfaces; Contents; List of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; 1 Introduction; 2 The surface's substance; 3 Nervous canvas; 4 Sensitive limit; 5 Skin colour; 6 Seeing through the skin; 7 Hermetic borderline; 8 Epilogue: segregation; Select bibliography; Index |
Summary |
A strong and insightful work which argues that skin is not just any surface an artist can represent, but a highly overdetermined one. Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoit and Ingres - it spans the fields of history of art and of medicine. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303) and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Skin in art.
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Skin in art. |
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Human skin color in art.
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Human skin color in art. |
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Skin -- Psychological aspects.
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Skin -- Psychological aspects. |
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Skin. |
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Art, French -- Themes, motives.
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Art, French -- Themes, motives. |
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Art, French. |
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Anatomy, Artistic. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Original 9780719087967 0719087961 (OCoLC)948560728 |
ISBN |
9781526104663 (electronic book) |
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1526104660 (electronic book) |
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9780719087967 |
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0719087961 |
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9781526120724 |
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1526120720 |
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