Norman Bryson

Word and Image

French Painting of the Ancien R Gime

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this classic 1982 work, Norman Bryson examines the evolution of narrative styles: the kinds of stories paintings tell, the ways they communicate their information, the different techniques of presenting the body as an instrument for incorporating textual messages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780521276542
• ISBN-10: 0521276543
• Artikelnr.: 22095421

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Discourse, figure
2. The legible body: LeBrun
3. Watteau and reverie
4. Transformations in rococo space
5. Greuze and the pursuit of happiness
6. Diderot and the word
7. Diderot and the image
8. 1785
Conclusion: style or sign?
Notes
List of societies affiliated to CINOA
Select bibliography
Index.