Christian Krohg's Naturalism (eBook)

Øystein Sjåstad (Autor)

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2017
256 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74207-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (18521925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch. One of the Nordic countries most avant-garde naturalist artists, Krohg was influenced by French thinkers such as mile Zola, Claude Bernard, and Hippolyte Taine, and he shocked the provincial sensibilities of his time. His work reached beyond the art world when his book Albertine and its related paintings were banned upon publication. Telling the story of a young seamstress who turns to a life of prostitution, it galvanized support for outlawing prostitution in Norwaybut Krohg was also punished for the works sexual content.Examining the theories of Krohg and his fellow naturalists and their reception in Scandinavian intellectual circles, ystein Sjstad places Krohg in an international perspective and reveals his striking contribution to European naturalism. In the process, Christian Krohgs Naturalism provides an unparalleled account of Krohgs art.

Autor

lt;P>Oystein Sjastad is associate professor of art history in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. He is the author of Christian Krohg: Fra Paris til Kristiania and A Theory of the Tache in Nineteenth-Century Painting.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Christian Krohg, the Radical Naturalist 2. Naturalism, the Dark Side of Realism 3. The Heroism of the Scientist 4. Hippolyte Taine and the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia 5. Christian Krohg in Skagen: Painting according to Taine 6. Naturalism and the Beholder: Sympathy and Theatricality7. Naturalist Paragone: Literature and Painting 8. Albertine in the Police Doctor�s Waiting Room: Panopticon, Spectacle, Speculum9. Modern Pessimism: From Naturalism to Symbolism Epilogue: Naturalism Is Dead, Long Live Naturalism!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Scandinavian studies, European art history
• ISBN-10: 0-295-74207-0 / 0295742070
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74207-6 / 9780295742076