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Conventions of the Eighteenth-Century Cabinet de tableaux: Blondel d'Azincourt's La première idée de la curiosité

Bailey, Colin B.

The Art bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 1987-09, Vol.69 (3), p.431-447 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Conventions of the Eighteenth-Century Cabinet de tableaux: Blondel d'Azincourt's La première idée de la curiosité
Autor: Bailey, Colin B.
Assuntos: Art collecting ; Art education ; Art exhibitions ; Artists ; Engraving ; Government cabinets ; Interior design ; Rooms ; Tableaux
É parte de: The Art bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 1987-09, Vol.69 (3), p.431-447
Descrição: The publication and analysis of a recently discovered manuscript, La première idée de la curiosité, written by the prominent noble collector, Berthelemy Augustin Blondel d'Azincourt (1719-94), provides the context for a discussion of the development of the picture cabinet in eighteenth-century France. From Blondel d'Azincourt's text it emerges that the standard conventions of picture hanging favored overall harmony and effect above the merits of the individual work - and this is supported by visual and written sources for a large number of private collections in this period. How far such attitudes could affect the production of contemporary painting is shown in examining the few documented cases of collectors' interiors that have survived. The growing dissatisfaction with these prevailing conventions is considered for the period between mid-century and the opening of the Muséum National in 1793.
Editor: New York, etc: Taylor & Francis
Idioma: Inglês

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