Art and Literature of the Second Empire
Author: David Baguley
ISBN: 9780719085857
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 31 Oct 2012
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780719085857
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 31 Oct 2012
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback / softback
This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that regime exploited to its advantage the artistic capital available to it. -- .
