HISTART 180C Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Catacombs Of Paris, Monokini, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
11 Sep 2016
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History of art 180c lecture 5 sculpture, spectacle, and empire in the 1860s. Marville manipulated photos with exposure time to illustrate the impact. The heterogeneity of the old streets was destroyed in the revamping. All new buildings were built with uniformity (same height, same style) for both aesthetic and financial reasons. Emphasized this idea of modernity as a tabula rosa. Daumier, nadar elevating photography to the height of art, lithograph, 1862. 1964: the monokini was refused by everyone except prostitutes. Delacroix"s lady of liberty is topless because she is free; thus, the burkini is an affront to french values of liberty and freedom: contrary, when leading the people first showed, it was wrong. France"s idea of appropriate female behavior constantly vacillates and changes. Compare: french nuns go to the beach in their habits. Charles garnier"s opera house, built between 1861-1875.
