Hannah Williams

Académie Royale

A History in Portraits

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taking the reader behind the scenes of this elite bastion of French art theory, education, and practice, this engaging study uncovers the fascinating histories - official and unofficial - of that artistic community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781138295599
• ISBN-10: 1138295590
• Artikelnr.: 48917606

Autorenporträt

Hannah Williams is Junior Research Fellow in Art History at St John's College, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: face-to-face with the Académie Royale. Part I The Official Face: An institutional image: portrait of the artist as an academician
Rituals of initiation: becoming and being in the Académie
On the wall: portraits, spaces, and everyday encounters at the Académie. Part II The Unofficial Face: Bloodlines: portraits of family
Reciprocal acts: portraits of friendship
Facing off: portraits of rivalry. Epilogue: the end of an institution
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.