{"product_id":"art-of-parisian-chic","title":"Art of Parisian Chic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing artworks by Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Parisian Chic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexplores how women and artists in Impressionist Paris (1855-1885) crafted their public images to exploit and resist stereotypes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrench societal expectations and beauty ideals shaped how women were seen and how they chose to present themselves in public – whether on the street, in a photograph, or in a portrait on the walls of the annual Paris Salon. On Paris's broad new boulevards and in its public parks and theaters, women dressed to impress anonymous strangers as well as their friends. They even circulated aspirational photographs of themselves. Looking at a rich array of visual sources – from portraits to modern-life paintings, and from photographs to fashion plates – Justine De Young reveals how women were seen, how they aspired to be seen, and how they navigated public life in Second Empire and Belle Époque Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book considers how fashionable feminine “types” made famous in books, caricatures, and paintings created a visual lexicon and stylistic guide for women. Men and women alike relied on these types – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecocotte\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(mistress),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejeune veuve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (young widow), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eamazone\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(independent equestrienne), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edemoiselle de magasin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (shopgirl), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParisienne\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(chic Parisian woman) – to judge the class, character, morality, and worth of strangers. With a rich set of illustrations from the Impressionist canon and beyond, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Parisian Chic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows how modern women used fashion and these stereotypes to construct and reinvent their identities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Holding LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48043853873377,"sku":"50015","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2524\/0922\/files\/9781350454774.jpg?v=1772641352","url":"https:\/\/shop.clevelandart.org\/products\/art-of-parisian-chic","provider":"Cleveland Museum of Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}