Dubin, Nina L.

Futures & ruins : eighteenth-century Paris and the art of Hubert Robert / Nina L. Dubin.

Los Angeles, CA : Getty Research Institute, ©2010.

ix, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

"As the favoured artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersection between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. In this provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are interpreted as manifestations of a new consciousness of time, one shaped by the uncertainty of an economy characterized by the anxiety-inducing expansion of credit, frenzied speculation on the stock market, and foolhardy ventures in real estate. At the centre of this lively narrative lie Robert's depictions of the ruins of Paris - macabre and spectacular paintings of desolation - on the eve of the French Revolution. Drawing on a vast range of materials, Futures & Ruins interprets Robert's artworks as harbingers of a modern appetite for self-destruction: the paintings are examined as expressions of the pleasures and perils of a risk economy."--Publisher's description.

9781606060230 (hardcover)
1606060236 (hardcover)

Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808 Criticism and interpretation.
Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808
Robert, Hubert 1733-1808
Ruins in art.
Art and society France History 18th century.
Ruines dans l'art.
Art et société France Histoire 18e siècle.
21.02 history of painting.
20.21 iconographic themes.
Art and society
Ruine
Kunst
Malerei
ruine Robert, Hubert Paris (France)
paysage urbain Robert, Hubert Paris (France)
peinture européenne ruine 18e s. (2e moitié)
Paris (France) In art.
France
France Paris

works of art.
Art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Œuvres d'art.

Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808.

Futures and ruins

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 273528
Cote: BIB 207171
Statut: Disponible