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French sculpture following the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-80: realist allegories and the commemoration of defeat

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The hermaphroditic power of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière's Allegory of resistance -- The emperor's furrowed brow and the prostitute's imperious gaze : social degeneracy writ large -- Antonin Mercié's Gloria victis and the mollification of the French psyche -- The soldier's bandaged foot : state sponsorship of the image of defeat in the 1879 concours for the Monument to La Défense de Paris -- Auguste Rodin's The Age of bronze : commemoration stripped bare.

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    Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2010

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    1870-1880

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    • 9781409403524
    • 1409403521

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