French Sculpture Following the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-80 investigates the role played by the trope of the 'strong woman, fallen man' in re-establishing morale among the French people following the Franco-Prussian War. Through in-depth study of selected works, Michael Dorsch explores how sculptors presented this recent history of defeat in commemorative monuments that increasingly dominated public space across France during the final decades of the nineteenth century.
French Sculpture Following the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-80 investigates the role played by the trope of the 'strong woman, fallen man' in re-establishing morale among the French people following the Franco-Prussian War. Through in-depth study of selected works, Michael Dorsch explores how sculptors presented this recent history of defeat in commemorative monuments that increasingly dominated public space across France during the final decades of the nineteenth century.
Michael Dorsch is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, USA.
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Contents: Introduction The hermaphroditic power of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière's Allegory of Resistance The Emperor's furrowed brow and the prostitute's imperious gaze: social degeneracy writ large Antonin Mercié's Gloria Victis and the mollification of the French psyche The soldier's bandaged foot: state sponsorship of the image of defeat in the 1879 concours for the monument to La Défense de Paris Auguste Rodin's The Age of Bronze: commemoration stripped bare Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction The hermaphroditic power of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière's Allegory of Resistance The Emperor's furrowed brow and the prostitute's imperious gaze: social degeneracy writ large Antonin Mercié's Gloria Victis and the mollification of the French psyche The soldier's bandaged foot: state sponsorship of the image of defeat in the 1879 concours for the monument to La Défense de Paris Auguste Rodin's The Age of Bronze: commemoration stripped bare Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.
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