Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Michel, Christian, 1958-
Title:
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture : the birth of the French school, 1648-1793 / Christian Michel ; translation by Chris Miller.
Alternate Title(s):
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1648-1793). English
Published / Created:
Los Angeles : The Getty Research Institute, [2018]
Physical Description:
xvi, 414 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-395) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE HISTORY OF THE ACADEMIE ROYALE -- Introduction: The Sources -- ch. 1 Setting Up the Structures of the Academie Royale, 1648 -- 60 -- The Foundation of the Academie and Its Initial Difficulties, 1648 -- A Fragile and Endangered Institution -- The Act of Union with the Guild, 1651 -- New Structures and Associated Problems, 1655 -- 61 -- ch. 2 Completing the Establishment of the Academie Royale, 1661 -- 64 -- Maneuvers Preceding the Great Restoration, 1661 -- 63 -- The Statutes of 1663 -- 64 and Their Implementation -- ch. 3 Academic Freedom and the Protectors, 1664 -- 1737 -- The Academie of Colbert and Le Brun, 1664 -- 83 -- Louvois, Villacerf, and the Closing of the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, 1683 -- 99 -- An Artist as Protector, 1699 -- 1708 -- The Duc d'Antin and the Return of Liberty, 1708 -- 37 -- ch. 4 Change and Development under Louis XV, 1737 -- 74: "The Shadow of the Great Colbert"
Subject Terms:
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France) -- History. | Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- Paris -- History. | Art and state -- France -- Paris -- History. | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France) | Art and state. | Art -- Study and teaching. | France -- Paris.
Form/Genre:
History.
Contributors:
Miller, Chris, 1955- translator. | Getty Research Institute, issuing body.