Balzac and the model of painting: artist stories in la comedie humaine
Auteur :
Knight, Diana
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367602239
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
24,6 x 17,4 cm
Poids :
240 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores Barthes's 'model of painting' in the context of Balzac's fictional representations of the relation between artists, their models and their works of art. Diana Knight criticises the sexual politics of prostitution and marriage in nineteenth-century France.