Painters and public life in eighteenth-century Paris
1985, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine publisher's review copy for Lawrence Gowing, with his autograph initials. Binding in cloth-covered boards, with a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #466779
ISBN: 0300033540
Physical description; 290 pages) : 125 illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-285) and index. Contents; Introduction : the Salon exhibition in the eighteenth century and the problem of its public -- A public space in the making -- Fêtes galantes and fêtes publiques -- The Salon and the street -- Whose Salon? -- Greuze and official art -- Painting and the politicians -- David and the Salon. Subjects; Painting, French. Salon (Exhibition). Art exhibition audiences. Art and state. Paris. 18th century. 20th century. Illustrated. Colour plates.
Price: €30.00