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Additional authors

1. Miller, Chris, 1955-
2. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Description

1. xvi, 414 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Summary

1. The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (French Academy of Painting and Sculpture) - perhaps the single most influential art institution in history - governed the arts in France for more than 150 years, from its founding in 1648 until its abolition in 1793. Christian Michel's sweeping study presents an authoritative, in-depth analysis of the Académie's history and legacy. The Académie Royale assembled nearly all of the important French artists working at the time, maintained a virtual monopoly on teaching and exhibitions, enjoyed a priority in obtaining royal commissions, and deeply influenced the artistic landscape in France. Yet the institution remains little understood today: all commentary on it, during its existence and since its abolition, is based on prejudices, both favorable and critical, that have shaped the way the institution has been appraised. This book takes a different approach. Rather than judging the Académie Royale, Michel unravels existing critical discourse to consider the nuances and complexities of the academy's history, reexamining its goals, the shifting power dynamics both within the institution and in the larger political landscape, and its relationship with other French academies and guilds. --

Uniform title

1. Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1648-1793). English

Alternative title

1. Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1648-1793).

Subject

1. Art > Study and teaching
2. Art and state
3. Art > Study and teaching > France > Paris > History
4. History
5. Art and state > France > Paris > History
6. France > Paris
7. Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
8. Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France) History

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. JQF 19-445

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-395) and index.

Language (note)

1. Translated from the French.

Author

1. Michel, Christian, 1958- author.

Title

1. The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture : the birth of the French school, 1648-1793 / Christian Michel ; translation by Chris Miller.

Publisher

1. Los Angeles : The Getty Research Institute, [2018]

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-395) and index.

Language

1. Translated from the French.

Local note

1. COLOR ILLUSTRATED. TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH.

Added author

1. Miller, Chris, 1955- translator.
2. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Translation of:

1. Translation of: Michel, Christian, 1958- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1648-1793). Genève (CH) : Librarie Droz, 2012 9782600015899 (DLC) 2013402668 (OCoLC)827936792

LCCN

1. 2017013537

ISBN

1. 9781606065358 (paperback)
2. 1606065351 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JQF 19-445