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Author West, Alison, 1953-

Title From Pigalle to Préault : neoclassicism and the sublime in French sculpture, 1760-1840 / Alison West
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description xi, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents Of moral instruction -- Toward classicism and nudity in French sculpture -- The Goujon "Revival" in France -- Rome -- Early Neoclassicism in France -- French scuplture after 1789 -- The sublime: Gigantism, the persistence of illusion and the ugly -- Canova, Flaxman and the vicissitudes of the international style in France -- The Elgin Marbles and the end of the international style in France
Summary From Pigalle to Preault is the first comprehensive study of sculpture produced in France between 1760 and 1840. Examining the momentous changes in form and meaning that occurred in this genre during this period, Alison West situates these developments within the context of the social upheavals leading to and following the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. She traces important developments, such as the rise and fall of the neoclassical style, as well as establishes new topics such as "neo-Goujonism" while applying new methodologies to the study of this subject. Richly illustrated with over 300 halftones and 8 color plates, this work makes accessible an important body of sculpture that has been neglected in the literature of art history
Notes Contents: Introduction; 1. Of moral instruction; 2. Towards classicism and nudity in French sculpture; 3. The Goujon 'Revival' in France; 4. Rome; 5. Early neoclassicism in France; 6. French sculpture after 1789; 7. The sublime, gigantism, the persistence of illusion and the ugly; 8. Canova, Flaxman and the vicissitudes of the international style in France; 9. The Elgin Marbles and the end of the international style in France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index
Subject Mythology, Classical, in art.
Neoclassicism (Art) -- France.
Sculpture, French -- France -- 18th century.
Sculpture, French -- 19th century.
Sculpture, French -- 18th century.
Sculpture, French -- 20th century.
Sculpture, French.
Sublime, The, in art.
LC no. 97000087
ISBN 0521443261 (hardback)