Dreams of Happiness : Social Art and the French Left, 1830-1850 / Neil McWilliam
1993, 1st edition. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #423464
ISBN: 069103155X
Physical description: 385 pages. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Saint-Simon and the Promotion of a Social Aesthetic -- Chapter 3. From Positivism to Sentiment: The Aesthetics of Saint-Simonianism -- Chapter 4. Theory into Practice: The Frustration of Saint- Simonian Aesthetics -- Chapter 5. Sentiment and Faith: Philippe Buchez and His Circle -- Chapter 6. Pierre Leroux and the Aesthetics of Humanité -- Chapter 7. The Beauty of Happiness: Art Social and Fourierist Criticism -- Chapter 8. Vision and Virtue: The Aesthetics of Republicanism -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject: 1800-1899. Aesthetics, French 19th century. Art Political aspects France. Saint-Simonianism. History. Romanticism.
Price: €14.95