Organizing independence : the artists federation of the Paris Commune and its legacy, 1871-1889

Organizing independence : the artists federation of the Paris Commune and its legacy, 1871-1889

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One. The Fédération des artistes : Words and Deeds

1. Baudin sur la barricade: Group Challenges to Arts Policies, 1868-1870

2. A Prelude : "Président des Arts" Courbet and the Commission artistique pour la sauvegarde des musées nationaux

3. The Fédération between the Commune and Destruction

4. "The Development of Art and the Universal Republic" : Programming Independence

Part two. Crossing paths : The Commune and individual careers

5. The Artists : A Group Portrait

6. Career consequences

7. The Battle for Artists Associations after the Fédération

8. Paris's Belated Courtship

9. The Republic's Ambivalent Adoption

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

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