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Author Preti, Monica

Title Delicious Decadence?The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (211 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 The 'Rediscovery' of Eighteenth-century French Painting before La Caze: Introductory Notes; 2 The Taste for Eighteenth-century Painting and the Art Market Between 1830 and 1860 as Regards the La Caze Collection; 3 Watteau and Chardin, 'the two most truly painters of the entire French School': The Rediscovery of Watteau and Chardin in France between 1820 and 1860 ; 4 Collectors of Eighteenth-century French Art in London: 1800-1850
5 'Elegant depravity and irresponsible gaiety': The Murray of Henderland Collection and the Scottish Taste for French Eighteenth-century Art6 'Ah! que c'est français!': Thoré-Bürger and Eighteenth-century French Art; 7 Aesthetic, Economic and Political Issues of the Exhibition Paintings of the French School from Private Collections of 1860 ; 8 Early Exhibitions of French Eighteenth-century Art in Berlin and the Birth of Watteau Research; 9 The National Gallery in the Nineteenth Century and French Eighteenth-century Painting
10 French Eighteenth-century Painting in England and the Opening of the Wallace CollectionExhibitions Listing; Bibliography; Index of Names; Plates
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Form Electronic book
Author Preti, Monica
Vogtherr, Dr. Christoph Martin
ISBN 9781351569927
1351569929