Yale French Studies, Number 122 Out of Sight: Political Censorship of the Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century France |
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| Editor:
| Goldstein, Robert Justin |
| Series title: | Yale French Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-18528-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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The English saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words" has often been applied in a perverse manner by ruling authorities, who have frequently feared visual imagery even more than the printed word. This was especially the case in countries, such as nineteenth-century France, where a significant segment of the population was illiterate and could understand visual imagery better than the printed word. In this volume, specialists in nineteenth-century French history trace the use...
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The English saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words" has often been applied in a perverse manner by ruling authorities, who have frequently feared visual imagery even more than the printed word. This was especially the case in countries, such as nineteenth-century France, where a significant segment of the population was illiterate and could understand visual imagery better than the printed word. In this volume, specialists in nineteenth-century French history trace the use of censorship by nineteenth-century authorities who feared the power of all the visual and performing arts, from caricature to the cinema and the theater.