Realism and Role-Play : : The Human Figure in French Art from Callot to the Brothers Le Nain.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• Place / Publishing House: Newark : : University of Delaware Press, , [2020]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.) :; 95 B&W & 10 COLOR

After the heroic nudes of the Renaissance and depictions of the tortured bodies of Christian saints, early seventeenth-century French artists turned their attention to their fellow humans, to nobles and beggars seen on the streets of Paris, to courtesans standing at their windows, to vendors advertising their wares, to peasants standing before their landlords. Fascinated by the intricate politics of the encounter between two human beings, artists such as Jacques Callot, Daniel Rabel, Abraham Bosse, Claude Vignon, Georges de la Tour, Jean de Saint-Igny, the Brothers Le Nain, Pierre Brébiette, Jean I Le Blond, and Charles David represented the human figure as a performer acting out a social role. The resulting figures were everyday types whose representations in series of prints, painted galleries, and illustrated books created a repertoire of such contemporary roles. Realism and Role-Play draws on literature, social history, and affect theory in order to understand the way that figuration performed social positions. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Making an Entrance: Tupinambas and Burlesque Dancers -- Chapter 2. Swaggering Off (Callot I): Actors, Mercenaries, and Duelers -- Chapter 3. Marking Nobility: Fanfarons, Pages, and Illustrious Men -- Chapter 4. Playing the Strong Woman: Queens and Courtesans -- Chapter 5. Covering Shame (Callot II): Dwarves, Beggars, and Criers -- Chapter 6. Opening Secrets: Peasants -- Coda. Curtain Call: Watteau’s Pierrot -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Colophon