The loves of the gods : mythological painting from Watteau to David /
Bailey, Colin B.
Hamilton, Carrie A.
Kimbell Art Museum.
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
New York : Rizzoli ; Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum,
c1992.
"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 (p. [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.
Mythology, Classical, in art
Painting, French
Painting, Modern