Making up the rococo
Subtitle: François Boucher and his critics
By: Melissa Hyde.
Contributors: Boucher, François, 1703-1770.
Series: Texts & documents
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780892367436
Subjects: Boucher, François, 1703-1770 -- Criticism and interpretation; Art criticism -- France -- History -- 18th century; Art, Rococo -- France; Gender identity in art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why Boucher?; title: Plates; title: Boucher, boudoir, salon: cherchez la femme; title: Making up the rococo; title: The makeup of the Marquise; title: Pastoral make-believe: gender play from the opéra-comique to the salon; title: Rococo quid pro quo: Boucher's confounding conventions; title: In the guise of history: the Jupiter and Callisto paintings.