A re-examination of the work of Eugene Atget

<p>Atget's content and style are re-examined. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze facts about Atget's life, to draw conclusions about his technical, contextual and formal style, and to determine whether the published view of his style is representative of his work as a whole. Conclusions are drawn through an examination of a variety of written source material and from examination of some of Atget's original prints. Eugene Atget's photographs of Paris and its surrounding areas are beautiful, atmospheric images. Yet, Atget's utilitarian interest in the document illustrates his intention to create a sociological, historical and anthropological view of Paris. Once this intention is assumed, his work takes on a political meaning.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA) in College Instruction

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis: EWU Only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art

Year

1990

Author dc:creator

• Arpin, Marcel Joseph

• Photography
• Theory and Criticism

Statement dc:rights

• Access perpetually restricted to EWU users with an active EWU NetID

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/907

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1903