The Artist as Politician: The Relationship Between the Art and the Politics of the French Romantics

Synopsis

Focuses specifically on nineteenth century French Romantic artists to examine the questions, How is an artist's historical milieu reflected in his or her work? Do artists from the same social circumstances produce art with similar characteristics? Does a particular artistic genre derive from specific historical conditions? Contents: Part I The Original Romantics: Chateaubriand; Constant; Lamartine, Part II The Younger Romantics: The Younger "Noble" Romantics; The "Bourgeois" Romantics. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography.