Format:
XIV, 260 S., [8] Bl.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0520224981
Series Statement:
Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint
Content:
"The American Painter Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825) left a legacy of beautiful still lifes depicting objects such as fruit, vegetables, and meat. In this study, the first book-length exploration of the artist, Alexander Nemerov presents a new reading of these paintings focusing on the uncanny quality of Raphaelle's still-life objects: their physical presence is not strictly their own but that of the artist's body. This imagery of embodiment, Nemerov argues, relates deeply to Raphaelle's own time."
Content:
"The Body of Raphaelle Peale is a close reading not just of Raphaelle's paintings but also of the visual and intellectual culture of early-nineteenth-century Philadelphia to which they intimately relate. More broadly, the book presents a reading of romanticism in the American visual arts. Above all, it is an argument about selfhood in Raphaelle's era. Raphaelle focused - in paintings both playful and morbid - on the pleasures and horrors of being a mere body, of being less than a self."--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
,
Art History
Keywords:
Peale, Raphaelle 1774-1825
;
Peale, Raphaelle 1774-1825
;
Stillleben
;
Geschichte 1812-1824
;
USA
;
Stillleben
;
Geschichte 1812-1824
;
Bildband
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/00037407.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/00037407.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/00037407.html
Author information:
Nemerov, Alexander 1963-
Bookmarklink