Bouchardon
Subtitle: royal artist of the enlightenment
By: Anne-Lise Desmas [and 3 others]
Contributors: Bouchardon, Edme, 1698-1762, artist; J. Paul Getty Museum; Musée du Louvre
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781606065068
Subjects: Artists' preparatory studies; Classicism in art; Exhibitions; Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Notes: "This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Bouchardon: Royal artist of the enlightenment, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from January 10 to April 2, 2017. The exhibition was originally presented as Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762). Une idée du beau, on view at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, from September 14 to December 5, 2016"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliogratphical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Bouchardon and "His sublime idea of the beautiful" / Guilhem Scherf; title: "They all want to imitate him, and no one comes close": Bouchardon and the draftsmen of his time / Juliette Trey; title: Edme Bouchardon in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas; title: Bouchardon's collectors / Édouard Kopp; title: Catalolgue; title: The portraits of Bouchardon / Juliette Trey (cat 2-8); title: Copies after the antique and the master in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas and Julitte Trey (cat. 9-45) ddd; title: Original compositions made in Rome / Anne-Lise Desmas (cat. 46-58); title: "Almost in a single line, without hesitation and without correction": Bouchardon's académies / Juliette Trey (cat. 59-69); title: Portraits and head studies / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 70-88); title: Drawings for medals and tokens / Édouard Kopp (cat. 89-101); title: Book illustrations / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 102-121); title: The cries of Paris / Édouard Kopp (cat. 122); title: The Grenelle fountain / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 123-150); title: Secular compositions / Édouard Kopp (cat. 121-198); title: Religious compositions / Guilhem Scherf (cat. 199-211); title: Funerary monuments / Guilhem Scherf (212-217); title: Cupid carving a bow from  Hercules's club / Guilhem Scherf (218-230); title: The monument to Louis XV / Guilhem Scherf (231-271).