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Book SynopsisHow print pioneers transformed sketches of urban life and observation into conspicuous cultural currency.
Trade Review"Graphic Culture is deeply researched, brilliantly argued, and thoroughly compelling. Jillian Lerner has established a reputation for her ground-breaking scholarship in this field, and this book is an essential contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century French visual culture and the role images played in the construction of modernity." Richard Taws, University College London
"Jillian Lerner's Graphic Culture is a remarkable example of interdisciplinary scholarship that brings to vivid life the burgeoning publishing world of July Monarchy France through careful analysis of its players, products, and practices. Working across the disciplines of art history, social history, and cultural studies, Lerner has written a captivating and richly researched history of the decades of radical transformation of media culture that will be of great use to scholars of visual culture, art history, social history, and French cultural studies." Histoire sociale / Social History
"There is something brave about Lerner's admission … that while some have wanted to see 'subversive' behaviour in the carnival costuming and playful posturing of Gavarni and his circle, these artists 'did not transcend the nascent capitalist market but knowingly operated at its vital center.'" Oxford Art Journal
"Lerner deftly combines archival research at French institutions (such as the Bibliothèque Nationale's Cabinet des Estampes and the Musée de la Publicité), close readings of individual works, and an interdisciplinary approach made necessary by the fundame
