Editorial: Yale University Press
Número de páginas: 272 págs. 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Fecha de edición: 09-01-2024
EAN: 9780300253207
ISBN: 978-0-300-25320-7
Precio (sin IVA): 80,23 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 83,44 €
In artistic traditions that stretch back to antiquity, lions have been associated with strength and authority. The figure of the lion in nineteenth-century France stood at a crossroads between these historical meanings and contemporary developments that recast the animal’s significance, such as the literal presence of lions in public menageries. In this highly original study, Katie Hornstein explores the relationships among animals, spectatorship, and visual production. She examines the fascinating encounters between artists, viewers, and lions that took place—in menageries and circuses, on canvases, and on the pages of books—and out of which, she argues, new perceptions of power, empire, and the natural world emerged.