Splendours and Miseries : Images of Prostitution in France

Splendours and Miseries : Images of Prostitution in France

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This work follows the artists and photographers who - whether fascinated or repelled by prostitution in all its forms - captured the realities and fantasies of this ambiguous world.

From the scandalous Olympia by Manet to Degas’s The Absinthe Drinker, from Toulouse-Lautrec and Munch’s forays into brothels to the bold figures and caricature portraits of Rouault, van Dongen, and Picasso, this book illustrates how the shadowy domain of prostitution played a central role in the development of modern painting.

  • Author: Guy Cogeval, Nienke Bakker, Marie Robert, Isolde Pludermach
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Publication date: December 2016
  • Hardback