Fleshing out surfaces: skin in french art and medicine, 1650–1850
Auteur :
Fend, Mechthild
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9780719087967
Date de publication :
21 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
835 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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. -- .