The Body of Raphaelle Peale
Author | : Alexander Nemerov |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 996 |
Release | : 2001-03-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520224981 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520224988 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Body of Raphaelle Peale written by Alexander Nemerov and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-03-12 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.