Male Bonds in Nineteenth-Century Art

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6270-281-3
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 745 g

Masculinities
in nineteenth-century art through the lens of gender and queer history

Male bonds were omnipresent in nineteenth-century European artistic
scenes, impacting the creation, presentation, and reception of art in decisive
ways. Men’s lives and careers bore the marks of their relations with other men.
Yet, such male bonds are seldom acknowledged for what they are: gendered and historically
determined social constructs. This volume shines a critical light on male
homosociality in the arts of the long nineteenth century by combining art
history with the insights of gender and queer history. From this
interdisciplinary perspective, the contributing authors present case studies of men’s relationships in a variety of contexts, which range from the Hungarian
Reform Age to the Belgian fin de siècle. As a whole, the book offers a
historicizing survey of the male bonds that underpinned nineteenth-century art
and a thought-provoking reflection on its theoretical and methodological
implications.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Dekeukeleire, Thijs

De Smaele, Henk

Sterckx, Marjan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Thijs Dekeukeleire, Marjan Sterckx, Henk de Smaele
Bonds, bounds, and beyondDalou’s monument to fraternity, and homosociality in nineteenth-century artThijs Dekeukeleire, Henk de Smaele
Part I: Familial bonds: Mediating masculine intimacy
“Les Stevens!”Masculine bonds in a nineteenth-century artistic family
Tom Verschaffel
Brothers-in-law of the brushThe domestic dramas of Edouard Vuillard and Ker-Xavier Roussel
Rachel Sloan
The prodigal son revisitedMale bodies and bonds in two fin de siecle sculptures by Constantin Meunier and George MinneMarjan Sterckx
Part II: Coercive bonds: Disciplining the male body
Alliances of virtueHungarian (self-)Reformers and their (self-)representation at the Diet in Pressburg (1825–1827)Eva Bicskei
Bazille, painter-ZouaveFriendship and duty at the dawn of the Franco-Prussian War
Mary Manning
Undressing the armyHygiene and hierarchies in Eugene Chaperon’s The Shower in the Regiment (1887)
Sean Kramer
Part III: Covert bonds: Queering the nineteenth-century man
Raphael, Jonah, and AntinoüsProblems of male beauty and sexuality on the grand tour
Crawford Alexander Mann III
Mystical manhoodWhirling dervishes in the Orientalist imaginary
Brigid M. Boyle
Men and models of the cityEugene Jansson’s nudes
Patrik Steorn
Part IV: Forged bonds: Competing for each other’s attention
Dressing the partMale bonding “on the motif ” in nineteenth-century France
Anthea Callen
Everybody’s darlingLoie Fuller in service of male homosocial avant-garde identity
Thomas Moser
The struggle is realThe wrestling groups of the antagonist sculptors Lambeaux and Van der Stappen
Thijs Dekeukeleire

Über Autor(innen)

Sterckx, Marjan
Marjan Sterckx is associate professor of art history at Ghent University.

Dekeukeleire, Thijs
Thijs Dekeukeleire is an independent scholar who obtained his PhD in art history and history from Ghent University and the University of Antwerp.

De Smaele, Henk
Henk de Smaele is professor of history at the University of Antwerp.