Casanova
Subtitle: the seduction of Europe
By: edited by Frederick Ilchman, Thomas Michie, C.D. Dickerson III, and Esther Bell ; with contributions by Meredith Chilton, Jeffrey Collins, Nina L. Dubin, Courtney Leigh Harris, James H. Johnson, Pamela A. Parmal, Malina Stefanovska, Susan M. Wager, and Michael Yonan
Contributors: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Kimbell Art Museum; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780878468423
Subjects: European Art; Social life and customs; Travel; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Exhibitions
Work titles: Casanova (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Description: In 18th-century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the shapeshifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practiced at charming his way into the most elite social circles, through an inimitable mix of literary ambition, improvisational genius and outright fraud. In his travels across Europe and through every level of society from the theatrical demimonde to royal courts, he was also seduced by the visual splendors he encountered. This volume accompanies the first major art exhibition outside Europe to lavishly recreate Casanova's visual world, from his birthplace of Venice, city of masquerades, to the cultural capitals of Paris and London and the outposts of Eastern Europe. It provides a survey of important works of 18th-century European art by masters such as Canaletto, Fragonard, Boucher, Houdon and Hogarth, along with exquisite decorative arts objects.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, August 27-December 31, 2017; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, February 10-May 28, 2018; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 1-October 8, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.

"Casanova: the Seduction of Europe" : August 27-December 31, 2017, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

"Casanova: the Seduction of Europe" : February 10-May 28, 2018, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, United States.

"Casanova: the Seduction of Europe" : July 1-October 8, 2018, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Text in English.