Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire between 1763 and 1814

between 1763 and 1814

Series "Archaeological Research

In this volume

Summary number 13 of the collection “RESEARCH ON CIVILIZATIONS”

Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire between 1763 and 1814On 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