Description: BRAND NEW IN PLASTIC FREE SHIPPING An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothque nationale de France Promenades on Paperexplores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothque nationale de France. Among the 50 featured artists are some of Frances most celebrated eighteenth-century practitioners, including Madeleine Basseporte (17011780), Franois Boucher (17031770), Gabriel de Saint Aubin (17241780), and Jean-Honor Fragonard (17321806), alongside architects, designers, and printmakers. Scattered across the institutions vast reserves, these drawings have until now served primarily documentary purposes. In this book, leading international scholars introduce more than 80 drawings, albums, and sketchbooksmany published here for the first timeand reveal how artists used drawing to record, critique, and try to improve the world around them. Distributed for the Clark Art Institute
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Book Title: Promenades on Paper
ISBN-13: 9780300266931
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Promenades on Paper : Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliotheque Nationale De France
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: Europe / France, Techniques / Drawing, History / Romanticism, Graphic Arts / General
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2023
Item Weight: 49 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Charlotte Guichard
Subject Area: Design, Art, History
Item Length: 1.1 in
Item Width: 0.9 in
Format: Hardcover
