Veille – Publication : C. Vogtherr, L. Cosentino (dir.) « François Boucher: Sociability, Mondanité, and the Academy in the Age of Louis XV » (Mosaic Press, sept. 2017)

The papers have been revised and enriched with further original research, incorporating important recent discoveries and trends in Boucher scholarship. Taken as a whole, the essays present a wealth of new material concerning Boucher’s social and professional relationships to his patrons, dealers and fellow artists, which in turn illuminate, as no subsequent publication has done, his extraordinary position at the crossroads of the fine, decorative, literary and musical arts of his time. The book includes a variety of inter-disciplinary topics including new biographical information regarding Boucher’s life, artistic practices and relationships, while new research is also published regarding the detailed connoisseurship and dating of his work alongside new interpretations of its iconography and critical and commercial reception. The diverse subject matter and variety of art-historical approach of the essays open up new perspectives in our understanding not only of François Boucher but also of the wider cultural and social context of his time. Together they shed new light on Boucher’s significance as one of the most original and controversial artists of the eighteenth century. The volume is the first major work on the artist to appear in recent years.
- Relié: 360 pages
- Editeur : Mosaic Press (28 septembre 2017)
- Langue : Anglais
- ISBN-10: 0993658830
- ISBN-13: 978-0993658839
- Dimensions du produit: 15,2 x 2,5 x 22,9 cm
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