Manet and the Family Romance
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2001
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-05060-7 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-05060-7 (ISBN)
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Edouard Manet's paintings have long been recognized for being visually compelling and uniquely recalcitrant. This work takes an unprecedented look at the significance of the artist's family relationships for his art. The author argues that a family "mythology" often structures Manet's work.
Edouard Manet's paintings have long been recognized for being visually compelling and uniquely recalcitrant. While critics have noted the presence of family members and intimates in paintings such as Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, Nancy Locke takes an unprecendented look at the significance of the artist's family relationships for his art Locke argues that a kind of mythology of the family, or Freudian family romance, frequently structures Manet's compositional decisions and choice of models. By looking at the representation of the family as a volatile mechanism for the development of sexuality and of repression, confict, and desire, Locke brings powerful new interpretations to some of Manet's most complex works. Locke considers, for example, the impact of a father-son drama rooted in a closely guarded family secret: the adultery of Manet pere and the status of Leon Leenhoff. Her nuanced exploration of the implications of this story - that Manet in fact married his father's mistress - makes us look afresh at even well-known paintings such as Olympia.
This book sheds new light on Manet's infamous interest in gypsies, street musicians, and itinerants as Locke analyzes the activities of Manet's father as a civil judge. She also reexamines the close friendship between Manet and the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, who married Manet's brother. Morisot becomes the subject of a series of meditations on the elusiveness of the self, the transience of identity, and conflicting concerns with appearances and respectability. Manet and the Family Romance offers an entirely new set of arguments about the cultural forces that shaped these alluring paintings.
Edouard Manet's paintings have long been recognized for being visually compelling and uniquely recalcitrant. While critics have noted the presence of family members and intimates in paintings such as Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, Nancy Locke takes an unprecendented look at the significance of the artist's family relationships for his art Locke argues that a kind of mythology of the family, or Freudian family romance, frequently structures Manet's compositional decisions and choice of models. By looking at the representation of the family as a volatile mechanism for the development of sexuality and of repression, confict, and desire, Locke brings powerful new interpretations to some of Manet's most complex works. Locke considers, for example, the impact of a father-son drama rooted in a closely guarded family secret: the adultery of Manet pere and the status of Leon Leenhoff. Her nuanced exploration of the implications of this story - that Manet in fact married his father's mistress - makes us look afresh at even well-known paintings such as Olympia.
This book sheds new light on Manet's infamous interest in gypsies, street musicians, and itinerants as Locke analyzes the activities of Manet's father as a civil judge. She also reexamines the close friendship between Manet and the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, who married Manet's brother. Morisot becomes the subject of a series of meditations on the elusiveness of the self, the transience of identity, and conflicting concerns with appearances and respectability. Manet and the Family Romance offers an entirely new set of arguments about the cultural forces that shaped these alluring paintings.
Nancy Locke is Associate Professor of Art History at Wayne State University. She has contributed articles to numerous edited volumes and to such journals as The Burlington Maganize and The Art Bulletin.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 1. THE COUCH OF ORESTES 13 2. FAMILY ROMANCES 41 3. THE SPACE OF OLYMPIA 88 4. MANET PERE ER FILS 114 5. THE PROMISES OF A FACE 147 CONCLUSION 172 NOTES 180 BIBLIOGRAPHY 205 INDEX 219 PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 224
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| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1049 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-05060-0 / 0691050600 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-05060-7 / 9780691050607 |
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