Art and Literature of the Second Empire
Edited by David Baguley
Publication date:
31 October 2012Length of book:
200 pagesPublisher
Manchester University PressDimensions:
216x138mmISBN-13: 9780719085857
This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that regime exploited to its advantage the artistic capital available to it.