Dreams of happiness : social art and the French Left, 1830-1850 / Neil McWilliam

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description : xi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes :Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-376) and index.Contents : Ch. 1. Introuction. Radical Perspectives. The Aesthetic Dimension -- Ch. 2. Saint-Simon and the Promotion of a Social Aesthetic. Science, Progress, and the Intellectual. Art, Sentiment, and the Promotion of Industry. Art as Social Exhortation -- Ch. 3. From Positivism to Sentiment: The Aesthetics of Saint-Simonianism. The Reassertion of Positivism: Le Producteur. Prosper Enfantin and the Rehabilitation of Sentiment. Historical Theory and the Social History of Art. Assessments of Contemporary Production. Toward a New Conception of Form -- Ch. 4. Theory into Practice: The Frustration of Saint-Simonian Aesthetics. The Saint-Simonian Constituency. Marginality and Mal du siecle. From Menilmontant to Cairo. Why Were There No Great Saint-Simonian Artists? -- Ch. 5. Sentiment and Faith: Philippe Buchez and His Circle. The Primacy of Faith. History of Faith and History of Art. History as Synthesis and Prevision. ""Sentiment,"" ""Education,"" and ""Art"" -- Ch. 6. Pierre Leroux and the Aesthetics of Humanite. Psychological Theory and the Status of the Artist. Nature, Art, and the Symbol. Pierre Leroux and Theophile Thore -- Ch. 7. The Beauty of Happiness: Art Social and Fourierist Criticism. Harmony, Beauty, and Happiness. Prophecy, Luxury, and Nature. Reception and the Meaning of Form. Line, Color, and the Principles of Harmony. The Failings of Art and the Task of the Critic. Critical Positions and Artistic Production: Problems of Practice -- Ch. 8. Vision and Virtue: The Aesthetics of Republicanism. The Necessity of Virtue. The Moralization of Nature. Antiacademicism and the Politics of Truth. Meaning and Modernity -- Ch. 9. Conclusion. Class and the Snare of Culture. From Social Art to Socialist Realism. Subjects : 1800-1899Aesthetics, French 19th century. Art Political aspects France. Art Political aspects.