Watteau and the cultural politics of eighteenth-century France /

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Author / Creator:Plax, Julie Anne.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Description:xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4319694
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ISBN:052164268X (hb.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-255) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. WatteauÆs Departure of the Italian Comedians in 1697 and the battle of the theater
  • 2. WatteauÆs military paintings: conflicts and confluences
  • 3. The Fête Galante and the cult of Honnêteté
  • 4. The meeting of high and low culture in WatteauÆs GersaintÆs Signboard