| Description |
587 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Note |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The loves of the gods ... held at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 October 1991-6 January 1992, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 23 February-26 April 1992; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 23 May-2 August 1992"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 562-584) and indexes. |
| Contents |
In defense of mythological painting / Pierre Rosenberg -- Myth and enlightenment : on mythology in the eighteenth century / Philippe Le Leyzour -- D'un siecle a l'autre : history, mythology, and decoration in early eighteenth-century Paris / Katie Scott -- Boucher's beauties / Donald Posner -- To see or not to see : the myth of Diana and Actaeon in the eighteenth century / Steven Z. Levine -- Catalogue of paintings / Colin B. Bailey. |
| Local Note |
NYSL copy previously owned by Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller. |
| Subject |
Mythology, Classical, in art -- Exhibitions.
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Painting, French -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre or Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Hamilton, Carrie A.
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Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016, donor, former owner. ZNS
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Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994, donor, former owner. ZNS
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Kimbell Art Museum.
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Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)
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Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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| ISBN |
0847815218 |
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9780847815210 |
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0912804262 (pbk.) |
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9780912804262 (pbk.) |
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