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Drawn to Art
French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome
Text by Sonia Couturier, Pierre Rosenberg, Victor Carlson, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Sonia Del Re, Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey, Françoise Joulie, Catherine Loisel, Marc-Henri Jordan, W. McAllister Johnson, Jean-François Méjanès, Olivier Michel, Michael Pantazzi, Patrick Ramade.
In the eighteenth century’s burgeoning culture of travel and “Grand Tours,” Rome was the essential destination. From all over Europe, artists jostled with art lovers and collectors of antiquities, each influencing the other in their respective ambitions. The cult of Rome was particularly strong in France, and this volume looks at more than 100 works by artists such as Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jacques-Louis David, who made pilgrimages to the “Eternal City” and who were decisively influenced by their time there. The works are contextualized across five different sections: the first focuses on the tradition of academic training in Rome; the second explores the depiction of the city’s landscape and surrounding countryside; the third looks at Rome and Paris’ cultures of art lovers, patrons and artists; the fourth section examines the eighteenth-century conception of antiques; and the final section looks at Rome’s annual festivals, and their influence on French artists.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9 x 11 in. / 256 pgs / 170 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $60 ISBN: 9788836620548 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 4/30/2012 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Drawn to Art French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Text by Sonia Couturier, Pierre Rosenberg, Victor Carlson, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Sonia Del Re, Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey, Françoise Joulie, Catherine Loisel, Marc-Henri Jordan, W. McAllister Johnson, Jean-François Méjanès, Olivier Michel, Michael Pantazzi, Patrick Ramade.
In the eighteenth century’s burgeoning culture of travel and “Grand Tours,” Rome was the essential destination. From all over Europe, artists jostled with art lovers and collectors of antiquities, each influencing the other in their respective ambitions. The cult of Rome was particularly strong in France, and this volume looks at more than 100 works by artists such as Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jacques-Louis David, who made pilgrimages to the “Eternal City” and who were decisively influenced by their time there. The works are contextualized across five different sections: the first focuses on the tradition of academic training in Rome; the second explores the depiction of the city’s landscape and surrounding countryside; the third looks at Rome and Paris’ cultures of art lovers, patrons and artists; the fourth section examines the eighteenth-century conception of antiques; and the final section looks at Rome’s annual festivals, and their influence on French artists.
