The portrait bust and French cultural politics in the eighteenth century
By: By Ronit Milano
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history -- volume 242. -- Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history -- volume 8
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9789004276246; 9789004276253
Subjects: Busts; French Portrait sculpture; Art and society; Intellectual life; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "He is a Philosopher" : Individual versus Collective Identity; title: Decent Exposure : Bosoms, Smiles and Maternal Delight in Female Portraits; title: Between Innocence and Disillusion : Representations of Children and Childhood; title: Transitional Identities : Family Structure, the Social Order, and Alternative Masculinities at the Dawn of Modernity; title: The Face of the Monarchy : Court Propaganda and the Portrait Bust.