Full Description
The Politics of Aesthetic Judgment examines Impressionism in the context of the changing worldview and institutional structures for art in fin-de-siecle France. These changes are empirically connected to new patronage groups for art, especially third generation European Jews for whom group identity became salient during the Dreyfus Affair, and Americans, whose social aspirations resisted emulation of an earlier aristocracy.
Contents
Chapter 1 List of Figures, Tables, and Graphs Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 The Challenge of Impressionism: Introduction; The French Academy; The Neo-Classical Style; Challenges to the Neo-Classical Style; The Public Debate; Impressionism; Art and Society Chapter 5 The Post-Impressionists: Introduction; Cezanne; Divisionism; Symbolism; Art and Art Criticism Chapter 6 Structures of the Modern Movement: Introduction; Alternate Exhibitions; The Dealers Chapter 7 The Markets for Impressionist Art: Introduction; Methodology Chapter 8 The Impressionist Movement and the Dreyfusists Cause: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus; The Escalation of the Affair; The Elective Affinity Between the Impressionist Movement and the Drefusist Cause Chapter 9 Conclusion Chapter 10 Appendix Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 About the Author Chapter 13 Index
