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The loves of the gods : mythological painting from Watteau to David
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- Creator
- Colin B. Bailey with the assistance of Carrie A. Hamilton ; introduction by Pierre Rosenberg ; with essays by Philippe Le Leyzour ...[and others]
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York : Rizzoli ; Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum, [1992]
- ©1992
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- 587 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780847815210, 0847815218, 9780912804262, 0912804262
- OCLC
- ocm24793036
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition The loves of the gods ... held at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 October 1991-6 January 1992, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 23 February-26 April 1992; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 23 May-2 August 1992"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [562]-584) and indexes.
- In defense of mythological painting / Pierre Rosenberg -- Myth and enlightenment : on mythology in the eighteenth century / Philippe Le Leyzour -- D'un siecle a l'autre : history, mythology, and decoration in early eighteenth-century Paris / Katie Scott -- Boucher's beauties / Donald Posner -- To see or not to see : the myth of Diana and Actaeon in the eighteenth century / Steven Z. Levine -- Catalogue of paintings / Colin B. Bailey