Sculptors and design reform in France, 1848 to 1895 : sculpture and the decorative arts /
Jones, Claire(Claire Bethsedia),author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. The False Separation of Fine and Decorative Sculpture : Problems with the Rodin Scholarship for the Study of French Sculpture, 1848-1895 -- Sculptors and Industrial Art, 1848-1870. The Professional and Legal Position of Sculptors in 1848 -- Salon Sculpture and Industry : Pradier's Standing Sappho -- The Diffusion of Renaissance Sculpture in Barbedienne's Furniture -- Ornamental Sculpture and its Sculptors -- Decorative Sculpture and the Third Republic, 1870-1889. Sculptors and the State in the 1870s -- Carrier-Belleuse and the Revival of Sculpture in Ceramics, 1875-1887 -- A Reconsideration of Rodin's Involvement in Design Reform -- Decorative Sculpture and the Fine Arts, 1890-1895. The Objets d'Arts Section at the Société nationale des beaux-arts, 1892 -- Desbois's Pewter ware -- Chéret's Posthumous Exhibition at the Ecole des beaux-arts, 1894 -- Conclusion : The Limits of Decorative Sculpture.
Sculpture, French
Decorative arts
Art and design
Art and society