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portada Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
210
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
26.4 x 19.1 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.70 kg.
ISBN
1606061402
ISBN13
9781606061404
Edition No.
1
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Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert

Nina L. Dubin (Author) · Getty Research Institute · Paperback

Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert - Dubin, Nina L.

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Synopsis "Futures & Ruins: Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Art of Hubert Robert"

In this timely and provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainties of an economy characterized by the dread-inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock exchange, and bold ventures in real estate. As the favored artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersections between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. At the center of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris--macabre and spectacular paintings of fires and demolitions created on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, Futures & Ruins understands these artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for destruction. The paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy. This captivating account--lavishly illustrated with rarely reproduced objects--recovers the critical significance of the eighteenth-century cult of ruins and of Robert's art for our times.

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