AMERICA COLLECTS EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH PAINTING

JACKALL, YURIKO

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ISBN:978-1-84822-234-2
EAN:9781848222342
Editorial: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS
Fecha de la edición:2017
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:304
Idiomas:INGLES

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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE MODERNO: SIGLOS XIV-XVIII

In 1815, Joseph, elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, arrived in America, bringing with him his vast and exquisite collection of 18th-century French paintings, and a new American taste for 18th-century French painting was born. America Collects Eighteenth-century French Painting brings together some of the best and most unusual examples of this type of art that American museums have to offer, and tells their stories on a national stage. Who were the collectors, curators, museum directors and dealers responsible for bringing 18th-century French painting to America? Where are the paintings now? The book considers America's very real fascination with France in the 18th century: a staunch ally in the Revolutionary wars, a cultural and intellectual model for Franklin, Jefferson and other Americans abroad. It also looks at the way in which the cultural ideal of 18th-century France has continued to endure in the American imagination.