Overview

This book examines the impact of space on the perception of art and visual culture in early nineteenth-century Paris. It turns its attention to the way in which space determines the understanding and the development of visual culture. The abundance of images, their status, and their employment alike offer a means to grasp the extent of the development of an approach to art which further involved the spectator. Space is here conceived as a multifaceted entity, spanning architectural, scholarly, artistic, and visual dimensions. These various aspects offer means to consider the way in which images work and are consumed, and the individual experience they represent. Space works as a link and a connecting tool between different intellectual and visual categories, and this study examines how this interaction applies to works of art as well as everyday objects.

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Author:   Camilla Murgia
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463724142

ISBN 10:   9463724141
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   29 January 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction About the Brittle Relationship between Space and Objects The Multidimensionality of Space Connecting Objects and Space The Chapters Bibliography Chapter One Displaying Public Space: The Example of the Louvre Physical and Intellectual Space Exhibiting Interacting Disseminating Printmaking and the question of originality Illustrating the Louvre’s collection Functionalities of the printed image Bibliography Chapter Two The Transferable Character of Space Spatialities of experience and expectation The Industry Exhibitions Exhibition space as a catalyst to celebrate the nation Transferability, experience, and seriality The theatrical function of the space: Antonin Carême’s sugar sculptures The image in spatial transferability: the case of Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola The interaction between experience and expectation: the Velours Grégoire New forms of hybridity: visual experience and commercial strategies Multiple functions and versatility of space Bibliography Chapter Three Connecting Spaces: the Image as Performance Public space is a stage: shop signs, labels, and printed games Stage, theatre and mise en scène Mobile views and sequentiality as entertainment The dynamics of Panoramas Staging the action: equestrian shows and horse races Bibliography Chapter Four The Dilemma of Transition: Views on Art Perception Shifts and intermediaries Comparison and hybridity: old masters and contemporary art Text as mediating space: artists and critics Experimental areas Fiction/reality Theatrical plays Bibliography Epilogue Index

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Camilla Murgia is Assistant Professor in History of Art at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Previously, she was Junior Lecturer and Substitute Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Lausanne, where she researched space, theatre, and staging in nineteenth-century France.

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