Rethinking Boucher

Informationen zum Autor Mark Ledbury is associate director of the Research and Academic Program at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Klappentext Frangois Boucher (1703-1770) has suffered a curious fate: to have been so identified with the French Rococo as to have lost his visibility as an artist in his own right. Rethinking Boucher reclaims the artist's individuality! revealing not only the diversity of his talents but also the variety of visual and intellectual traditions with which he engaged. Part one! "The Various Boucher!" examines the artist's identity in relation to his portraits and self-portraits! his ingenious genre scenes! and his overlooked religious paintings. Part two! "The Unexpected Boucher!" focuses on the network of social and cultural contexts in which the artist functioned! including the commercial print market! the theaters of Paris! and the contemporary textual explorations of the exotic. The final part! "The Enlightened Boucher!" discusses Boucher's work as a vehicle for Enlightenment visions of the body! whether conjured by Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Madame de Pompadour! Boucher's most famous patron. Zusammenfassung Depicting Francois Boucher's individuality! this title presents the diversity of his talents! and also the variety of visual and intellectual traditions with which he engaged. It examines the artist's identity in relation to his portraits and self-portraits! his ingenious genre scenes! and his overlooked religious paintings.

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• Authors: Francois (EDT)/ Ledbury Boucher, . Hyde, .. Hyde
• Assisted by: Melissa Hyde (Editor), Mark Ledbury (Editor), Mark Ledebury (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9780892368259
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-825-9
• No. of pages: 289
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Issues & Debates (Paperback); Getty Research Institute Issues & Debate S.; Issues & Debates; Issues & Debates (Paperback); BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications -
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history