Art, Dance, and the Body in French Culture of the Ancien Régime
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521640466
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; France; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Symbolic aspects; General; Art / General; 17th century; 18th century; Body language in art; Body, Human; History
First sentence: Dance served an abiding preoccupation in French aristocratic culture with what the body could be and do.