{"product_id":"art-of-the-actual-richard-thomson-9780300179880","title":"Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French Republic--with its rallying cry for liberty, equality, and fraternity--emerged in 1870, and by 1880 had developed a coherent republican ideology. The regime pursued secular policies and emphasized its commitment to science and technology. Naturalism was an ideal aesthetic match for the republican ideology; it emphasized that art should be drawn from the everyday world, that all subjects were worthy of treatment, and that there should be flexibility in representation to allow for different voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt of the Actual\u003c\/i\u003e examines the use of naturalism in the 19th-century. It explores how pictures by artists such as Roll, Lhermitte, and Friant could be read as egalitarian and republican, assesses how well-known painters including Degas, Monet, and Toulouse-Lautrec situated their painting vis- -vis the dominant naturalism, and opens up new arguments about caricatural and popular style. By illuminating the role of naturalism in a broad range of imagery in late 19th-century France, Richard Thomson provides a new interpretation of the art of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030017988X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300179880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.13h x 8.54w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2013 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913599516927,"sku":"9780300179880","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_82dc6605-95f5-4098-84a1-255e49d5602c.jpg?v=1680621287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-of-the-actual-richard-thomson-9780300179880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}