Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris

The article shows that the well-established association of the flaneur with art, artists is mistaken by reviewing the major primary source texts. It offers an alternative reading of the invention of the flaneur, arguing that it is rooted in early 19th-century journaliastic practices, designed to de...

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Main Author: Wrigley, Richard
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Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34404/
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description The article shows that the well-established association of the flaneur with art, artists is mistaken by reviewing the major primary source texts. It offers an alternative reading of the invention of the flaneur, arguing that it is rooted in early 19th-century journaliastic practices, designed to deal with censorship, and to express political opposition through urban observation.
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spelling nottingham-344042020-05-04T17:59:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34404/ Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris Wrigley, Richard The article shows that the well-established association of the flaneur with art, artists is mistaken by reviewing the major primary source texts. It offers an alternative reading of the invention of the flaneur, arguing that it is rooted in early 19th-century journaliastic practices, designed to deal with censorship, and to express political opposition through urban observation. Oxford University Press 2016-07-28 Article PeerReviewed Wrigley, Richard (2016) Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris. Oxford Art Journal, 39 (2). pp. 267-284. ISSN 1741-7287 http://oaj.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/2/267 doi:10.1093/oxartj/kcw012 doi:10.1093/oxartj/kcw012
spellingShingle Wrigley, Richard
Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title_full Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title_fullStr Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title_full_unstemmed Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title_short Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris
title_sort unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century paris
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