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Aristocracy and the modern imagination
- Title
- Aristocracy and the modern imagination / Charles A. Riley II.
- Author
- Riley, Charles A.
- Publication
- Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NX542 .R55 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Modernism generally signifies the efforts of late 19th century European painters, writers, musicians and philosophers who consciously broke with tradition. This is an examination of what that meant for those aristocrats who were also modernists.
- Subjects
- Geschichte 1830-2000
- 1800-1999
- Europa
- Europe
- Aristocratie (sociale klasse)
- Modernisme (cultuur)
- Kunst
- Ästhetik
- Sozialgeschichte
- Moderne
- Künstler
- Künste
- Adel > Motiv
- Artists > Psychology
- Modernism (Art) > Europe
- Arts, European > 20th century
- Arts, European > 19th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) > Europe
- Artists > Europe > Psychology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction: High and Low -- Ch. 1. Genius over Genes: The Circle of George Sand, Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, and Frederic Chopin -- Ch. 2. Painters of Privilege: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -- Ch. 3. A Knight at the Opera: Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss -- Ch. 4. Members of the Club: Algernon Charles Swinburne and Frederick, Lord Leighton -- Ch. 5. Peer Review: Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Ch. 6. The Irish Ascendant: William Butler Yeats and Francis Bacon -- Ch. 7. King of the Cats: Balthus -- Epilogue: The Masked Ball.
- ISBN
- 1584651512
- 9781584651512
- LCCN
- 2001005371
- OCLC
- ocm47922732
- 47922732
- SCSB-1243748
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library