Hats and hierarchy in Gustave Courbet's The Meeting.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Chang, Ting | Copyright information

This essay proposes a new reading of Gustave Courbet's The Meeting, better known as Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, through a sustained focus on elements normally considered to be minor details--the hats, beards, canes, and gestures in the painting (Fig. 1). In a composition of such striking economy, each component takes on heightened, perhaps even iconographic, significance. Before proceeding any further, I should state at once that the latter term is used advisedly. Iconography as an a...

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