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Promenades on paper : eighteenth-century French drawings from the Bibliotheque nationale de France /

An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliotheque nationale de France0Promenades on Paper explores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Phot...

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Corporate Authors: Bibliothèque nationale de France. (Contributor); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.; Musée des beaux-arts de Tours.
Group Author: Bell, Esther (Esther Susan) (Editor); Grandin, Sarah (Editor); Le Bitouzé, Corinne (Editor); Leonard, Anne (Editor); Chougnet, Pauline; Guichard, Charlotte.; Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.)
Published: Clark Institute,
Publisher Address: Williamstown, Massachusetts :
New Haven ; London :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Bibliothèque nationale de France > Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. > Département des estampes et de la photographie > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. > Département des estampes et de la photographie
1700-1799
Drawing, French > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Drawing > France > Paris > Exhibitions.
Dessin français > 18e siècle > Expositions.
Dessin > Paris > Paris > Expositions.
Drawing.
Drawing, French.
France > Paris.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Summary: An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliotheque nationale de France0Promenades on Paper explores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Among the 50 featured artists are some of France's most celebrated eighteenth-century practitioners, including Madeleine Basseporte (1701-1780), Francois Boucher (1703-1770), Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724-1780), and Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), alongside architects, designers, and printmakers. Scattered across the institution'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 sketchbooks-many published here for the first time-and reveal how artists used drawing to record, critique, and try to improve the world around them.00Exhibition: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA (17.12.2022 - 12.03.2023) / Musée de Beaux Arts, Tours, France (12.05. - 28.08.2023).
Item Description: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA from December 17, 2022 - March 12, 2023, and at Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France, from May 12 - August 28, 2023.
Carrier Form: xi, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
ISBN: 9780300266931
0300266936
9781935998532
1935998536
Index Number: NC246
CLC: J234(565)-28
Call Number: J234(565)-28/P965
Contents: Drawings in the library : the eighteenth-century collection of the Département des estampes et de la photographie /
Ixion's Wheel, or the four elements : drawing order from chaos in eighteenth-century France /
Drawing the world in the eighteenth century : describing, exploring, conquering /

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