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Lectures on art : selected Conférences from the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, 1667- 1772
Conférences de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Selections. English
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"These conférences, documents in the theory and practice of art, were delivered as lectures by the artists and amateurs of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris between 1667 and ...
"These conférences, documents in the theory and practice of art, were delivered as lectures by the artists and amateurs of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris between 1667 and 1792. French artists discuss what they looked for in a painting or sculpture, the problems they sought to resolve in their works, and how they viewed their own and others' artistic practice--thus revealing their tastes, prejudices, and knowledge about their visual culture"--
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- Creator
- edited by Christian Michel and Jacqueline Lichtenstein ; translation by Chris Miller
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- Books
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- English
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- Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2020]
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- xii, 475 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 1606066463, 9781606066461
- OCLC
- on1117456697
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Translated from French.
Subjects
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France) -- History -- Sources.
- Art criticism -- France -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
- Art criticism -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
- Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
- Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
- Art, French -- 17th century -- Sources.
- Art, French -- 18th century -- Sources.