Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire All markers of a moment

All markers of a moment in 20th-century aesthetics

In this volume

which is the journal of a more intimate mourning

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the date of the 2nd edition of the Inscriptions of Sinai published by AH Gardiner

Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire All markers of a momentOn the occasion of the first major event devoted to the theme of prostitution, Splendeurs et misres. Images de la prostitution en France, 1850 1910 traces the way in which French and foreign artists, fascinated by the actors and sites of this social phenomenon, constantly sought new pictorial means to represent its realities and fantasies. From Manet's Olympia to Degas's L'Absinthe, from the brothel forays of Toulouse Lautrec and Munch to the daring