Sheltering art : collecting and social identity in early eighteenth-century Paris /
Ziskin, Rochelle,1954-
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2012.
"Explores the role of private art collections in the cultural, social, and political life of early eighteenth-century Paris. Examines how two principal groups of collectors, each associated with a different political faction, amassed different types of treasures and used them to establish social identities and compete for distinction"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-340) and index.
Cultural geography of the French capital circa 1700 -- Cloistered in the Faubourg Saint-Germain -- The Maison Crozat transformed -- A circle of "moderns" -- The regent and collecting on the Right Bank -- Les anciens and an expanding public realm in the arts -- The circles converge: Carignan and Jullienne.
"Explores the role of private art collections in the cultural, social, and political life of early eighteenth-century Paris. Examines how two principal groups of collectors, each associated with a different political faction, amassed different types of treasures and used them to establish social identities and compete for distinction"-- Provided by publisher.
Art
Art and society