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

Wrigley, Richard

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Richard Wrigley



Abstract

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.

Citation

Wrigley, R. (in press). Unreliable witness: the flaneur as artist and spectator of art in 19th-century Paris. Oxford Art Journal, 39(2), 267-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/kcw012

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 1, 2016
Online Publication Date Jul 28, 2016
Deposit Date Jun 27, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Oxford Art Journal
Print ISSN 0142-6540
Electronic ISSN 1741-7287
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 2
Pages 267-284
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/kcw012
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/799149
Publisher URL http://oaj.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/2/267
Additional Information This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Oxford Art Journal following peer review. The version of record Richard Wrigley, Unreliable Witness: The Flâneur as Artist and Spectator of Art in Nineteenth-Century Paris,
Oxford Art Journal (2016), v. 39, issue 2 is available online at: http://oaj.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/2/267

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