Bouchardon : royal artist of the enlightenment / Anne-Lise Desmas, Édouard Kopp, Guilhem Scherf, Juliette Trey.

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English
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Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2016]
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447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

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    One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth-century France, Edme 'Bouchardon' (1698 1762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, 'Bouchardon' created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes (from copies after the antique to subjects of history and mythology, portraiture, anatomical studies, ornament, fountains and tombs), media (drawings, sculptures, medals, prints), and techniques (chalk, plaster, wax, terracotta, marble, bronze). With five essays by experts on Bouchardon's sculpture and graphic arts, more than 140 catalogue entries, and a detailed chronology, this book aims to demonstrate the originality of Bouchardon's art within the cultural and social context of the period, while suggesting the subtle relationship between, as well as the relative autonomy of, the artist s two careers as a sculptor and a draftsman. This lavishly illustrated publication represents an unprecedented and thorough survey on this major and unique artist from the Age of Enlightenment, offering indepth scholarship based on unpublished material.
    Notes
    "This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Bouchardon: Royal artist of the enlightenment, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from January 10 to April 2, 2017. The exhibition was originally presented as Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762). Une idée du beau, on view at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, from September 14 to December 5, 2016"--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-434) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Bouchardon and "His sublime idea of the beautiful" / Guilhem Scherf
    • "They all want to imitate him, and no one comes close": Bouchardon and the draftsmen of his time / Juliette Trey
    • Edme Bouchardon in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas
    • Bouchardon's collectors / Édouard Kopp
    • Catalolgue
    • The portraits of Bouchardon / Juliette Trey (cat 2-8)
    • Copies after the antique and the master in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas and Julitte Trey (cat. 9-45) ddd-- Original compositions made in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas (cat. 46-58)
    • "Almost in a single line, without hesitation and without correction": Bouchardon's académies / Juliette Trey (cat. 59-69)
    • Portraits and head studies / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 70-88)
    • Drawings for medals and tokens / Édouard Kopp (cat. 89-101)
    • Book illustrations / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 102-121)
    • The cries of Paris / Édouard Kopp (cat. 122)
    • The Grenelle fountain / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 123-150)
    • Secular compositions / Édouard Kopp (cat. 121-198)
    • Religious compositions / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 199-211)
    • Funerary monuments / Guilhem Scherf (212-217)
    • Cupid carving a bow from Hercules's club / Guilhem Scherf (218-230)
    • The monument to Louis XV / Guilhem Scherf (231-271).
    ISBN
    • 9781606065068 ((hardback))
    • 1606065068 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2016948568
    OCLC
    957546043
    Other standard number
    • 40026863115
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