Books in the Refiguring Modernism series

Analyzes the impact of color technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumiere brothers' perfection of the autochrome color photography process. Examines the development of the basic aesthetic schemata of modern visual culture.

Explores the emergence of an amateur class of curators in France between the world wars. Focuses on the Surrealist writers and artists who developed an alternative curatorial practice to that pursued by the community of professionally trained curators and exclusive art dealers.