Promenades on Paper

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780300266931 Author(s): Esther Bell Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2023 Publisher: Yale University Press Pages: 272

Description: An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the BibliothA?¨que nationale de FrancePromenades on Paper explores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Photography of the BibliothA?¨que nationale de France. Among the 50 featured artists are some of FranceA?s most celebrated eighteenth-century practitioners, including Madeleine Basseporte (1701A?1780), FranA?§ois Boucher (1703A?1770), Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724A?1780), and Jean-HonorA?© Fragonard (1732A?1806), alongside architects, designers, and printmakers. Scattered across the institutionA?s vast reserves, these drawings have until now served primarily documentary purposes. In this book, leading international scholars introduce more than 80 drawings, albums, and sketchbooksA?many published here for the first timeA?and reveal how artists used drawing to record, critique, and try to improve the world around them.

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