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Description:While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist Fran�ois Boucher's artistic style and identity, this book presents the first full-length interdisciplinary study of Boucher's prolific collection of around 13,500 objects including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, porcelain, shells, minerals, and other imported curios.It discusses the types of objects he collected, the networks through which he acquired them, and their spectacular display in his custom-designed studio at the Louvre, where he lived and worked for nearly two decades. This book explores the role his collection played in the development of his art, his studio, his friendships, and the burgeoning market for luxury goods in mid-eighteenth-century France. In doing so, it sheds new light on the relationship between Boucher's artistic and collecting practices, which attracted both praise and criticism from period observers.The book will appeal to scholars working in art history, museum studies, and French history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950). To get started finding François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist Fran�ois Boucher's artistic style and identity, this book presents the first full-length interdisciplinary study of Boucher's prolific collection of around 13,500 objects including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, porcelain, shells, minerals, and other imported curios.It discusses the types of objects he collected, the networks through which he acquired them, and their spectacular display in his custom-designed studio at the Louvre, where he lived and worked for nearly two decades. This book explores the role his collection played in the development of his art, his studio, his friendships, and the burgeoning market for luxury goods in mid-eighteenth-century France. In doing so, it sheds new light on the relationship between Boucher's artistic and collecting practices, which attracted both praise and criticism from period observers.The book will appeal to scholars working in art history, museum studies, and French history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950). To get started finding François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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