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Delicious Decadence - The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century
Contributor(s): Faroult, Guillaume (Editor), Preti, Monica (Editor), Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Editor)
ISBN: 036751639X     ISBN-13: 9780367516390
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | History - Baroque & Rococo
- Art | History - Romanticism
Dewey: 759.4
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (0.80 lbs) 228 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognised experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery in London. The book is the culmination of a successful conference organised jointly between the Wallace Collection and the Louvre, on the occasion of the acclaimed exhibition Masterpieces from the Louvre: The Collection of Louis La Caze. Exploring themes relating to collectors, critics, markets and museums from France, England and Germany, the volume will appeal to academics and students alike, and become essential reading on any course that deals with the history of collecting, the history of taste and the nineteenth-century craze for the perceived douceur de vivre of eighteenth-century France. It also provides valuable insight into the history of the art markets and the formation of museums.