The politics of the provisional : art and ephemera in revolutionary France

Title
  1. The politics of the provisional : art and ephemera in revolutionary France / Richard Taws.
Published by
  1. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
Author
  1. Taws, Richard, 1977-

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Description
  1. xii, 214 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
Summary
  1. "Examines how ephemeral images and objects made in 1790s France mediated the memory of the French Revolution and enabled new forms of political subjectivity"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Art and popular culture > France > History > 18th century
  2. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
  3. Art > Political aspects > France > History > 18th century
Contents
  1. Made of money: transparent bodies, authentic values, paper signs -- Between states: passports, certificates, and citizens -- Revolutionary models/model revolutionaries: architecture, print and participation at the Festival of the Federation -- Performing the Bastille: Pierre-François Palloy and the memory-work of the Revolution -- Material futures: marking time in a revolutionary almanac -- Paper traces: playing games with the revolutionary past.
Call number
  1. JQF 13-1234
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index.
Author
  1. Taws, Richard, 1977-
Title
  1. The politics of the provisional : art and ephemera in revolutionary France / Richard Taws.
Imprint
  1. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2012017708
ISBN
  1. 9780271054186 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0271054182 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JQF 13-1234
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