This book examines the sub-genre of prehistoric-themed paintings and how it captured the imagination of French academic painters from the 1880s to early 1900s. Its primary focus is the oeuvre of Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), one of the foremost history painters during the final quarter of the nineteenth century.
This book examines the sub-genre of prehistoric-themed paintings and how it captured the imagination of French academic painters from the 1880s to early 1900s. Its primary focus is the oeuvre of Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), one of the foremost history painters during the final quarter of the nineteenth century.
Shalon Parker is associate professor of art history at Gonzaga University.
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Acknowledgements Introduction: The Prehistoric World in Fin-de-Siècle France 1. Précis of a Model Career, or Following in the Footsteps of Delacroix 2. Caïn, Evolutionary Science, and the Académie 3. Cormon, "Ethnographer" of the Prehistoric 4. Representing Human Development in the Muséum D'histoire Naturelle Murals Conclusion: The Prehistoric in the World of Fin-de-Siècle France Bibliography
Acknowledgements Introduction: The Prehistoric World in Fin-de-Siècle France 1. Précis of a Model Career, or Following in the Footsteps of Delacroix 2. Caïn, Evolutionary Science, and the Académie 3. Cormon, "Ethnographer" of the Prehistoric 4. Representing Human Development in the Muséum D'histoire Naturelle Murals Conclusion: The Prehistoric in the World of Fin-de-Siècle France Bibliography
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