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Sculpture and Enlightenment
. Naginski
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Description for Sculpture and Enlightenment
Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 colour & 78 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1310.
This is a unique volume that explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This pioneering book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. As royal and ecclesiastical authority waned under the rule of Louis XV, there emerged nascent democratic institutions, a new metaphysics, and a radical political consciousness - a paradigm shift that profoundly affected the forms that commemorative sculpture and architecture took. Analysing an extraordinary range of artistic projects - from unrealized plans for a Bourbon memorial to the sculptural program for ... Read more
This is a unique volume that explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This pioneering book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. As royal and ecclesiastical authority waned under the rule of Louis XV, there emerged nascent democratic institutions, a new metaphysics, and a radical political consciousness - a paradigm shift that profoundly affected the forms that commemorative sculpture and architecture took. Analysing an extraordinary range of artistic projects - from unrealized plans for a Bourbon memorial to the sculptural program for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Santa Monica CA, United States
ISBN
9780892369591
SKU
V9780892369591
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About . Naginski
Erika Naginski is associate professor of architectural history at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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