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"'Through sustained analysis of the critical reception of Delaroche’s work, this welcome book brings into the foreground the role played by illusion in popularising his distinctive style, and relates his 'reality effects’ to current debates about the significance of ‘theatricality’ in the development of French painting from the eighteenth century onwards.' Professor Stephen Bann CBE FBA, University of Bristol 'In a work of impressive interdisciplinary scope, Patricia Smyth applies 21st century theories regarding the immersive and self-commenting technologies of new media to provide an enlightening new way of understanding the simultaneous illusionistic transparency and legibility of Delaroche’s art, created for a 19th century audience already affected by technologies of spectacular realism.' Beth S. Wright, Distinguished University Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Arlington ""In accounting for the growing demand for authenticity, she (Smyth) highlights the period’s perception of the historical past’s ineradicable distance from the present... The book avidly makes the case not only for the modernity of Delaroche’s work, but also for the enduring influence of the artist’s pictorial strategies on subsequent art and visual culture."" - Gülru Çakmak, Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide"

'Through sustained analysis of the critical reception of Delaroche’s work, this welcome book brings into the foreground the role played by illusion in popularising his distinctive style, and relates his 'reality effects’ to current debates about the significance of ‘theatricality’ in the development of French painting from the eighteenth century onwards.' Professor Stephen Bann CBE FBA, University of Bristol 'In a work of impressive interdisciplinary scope, Patricia Smyth applies 21st century theories regarding the immersive and self-commenting technologies of new media to provide an enlightening new way of understanding the simultaneous illusionistic transparency and legibility of Delaroche’s art, created for a 19th century audience already affected by technologies of spectacular realism.' Beth S. Wright, Distinguished University Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Arlington

'Through sustained analysis of the critical reception of Delaroche's work, this welcome book brings into the foreground the role played by illusion in popularising his distinctive style, and relates his 'reality effects' to current debates about the significance of 'theatricality' in the development of French painting from the eighteenth century onwards.' Professor Stephen Bann CBE FBA, University of Bristol 'In a work of impressive interdisciplinary scope, Patricia Smyth applies 21st century theories regarding the immersive and self-commenting technologies of new media to provide an enlightening new way of understanding the simultaneous illusionistic transparency and legibility of Delaroche's art, created for a 19th century audience already affected by technologies of spectacular realism.' Beth S. Wright, Distinguished University Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Arlington

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Patricia Smyth is Senior Research Fellow on the 'Theatre and Visual Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century' project in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick.

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