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Seurat's Circus Sideshow / Richard Thomson ; with contributions by Susan Alyson Stein, Charlotte Hale, and Silvia A. Centeno. - New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017. - 144 strony : ilustracje ; 26 cm.

Author

Thomson Richard (1953- ). Autor Stein Susan Alyson. Tekst Hale Charlotte (1959- ). Tekst Centeno Silvia A. Tekst

Form of Work

Książki Albumy i książki artystyczne Publikacje naukowe

Subject

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891). Seraut's Circus Sideshow Analiza dzieła sztuki Malarstwo francuskie Cyrk (w sztuce)

Genre/Form

Katalogi wystaw Opracowanie

Czytelnia

Malarstwo

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Wypożyczalnia Główna

There are copies available to loan: sygn. C 10945 MA (1 egz.)

Notes:

General note

This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Seurat's circus sideshow", on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from February 17 through May 29, 2017.

Bibliography, etc. note

Bibliografia strony 137-138. Indeks.

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: This book, the first comprehensive study of Circus Sideshow, situates the painting in the context of nineteenth-century Paris and of the many social changes France was undergoing. Renowned art historian Richard Thomson illuminates the roles of caricature, naturalist and avant-garde painting, and circus advertising; examines Seurat’s use of contemporary aesthetic theory; and discusses how artists ranging from Rouault to Picasso mined the sideshow theme into the twentieth century. Illustrated with Seurat’s related drawings, works by other artists, and period posters and broadsides, Seurat’s Circus Sideshow delves into the history of traveling circuses and seasonal fairs in France, exploring the ongoing appeal of this traditional form of popular entertainment through the fin de siècle. Two additional essays describe the painting’s enthusiastic reception in New York upon its 1929 debut and present the results of a fresh technical examination of the canvas, making this volume the definitive resource on one of Seurat’s most captivating works.