Art, War, And Revolution In France, 1870-1871: Myth, Reportage, And Reality; Author: Milner, John; Hardback; Book

Author: Milner, John
Hardback; Book; 59 Colour Plates, 337 B&w Illustrations
246 pages
Published: October 2000
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300084072

During a brief and ferociously violent ten-month period between 1870 and 1871, the last Napoleonic Empire was destroyed. This engrossing book surveys the responses made by artists to these cataclysmic events. During a brief and ferociously violent ten-month period between 1870 and 1871, the last Napoleonic Empire was destroyed. This engrossing book surveys the responses made by artists to these cataclysmic events.A survey of the responses made by artists to the cataclysmic events of war and revolution in France during 1870 and 1871. It investigates not only what the war and the Commune meant to the artists but how artists defined the character and nature of events and presented them to the public.