Main entry:

West, Alison, 1953-

Title & Author:

From Pigalle to Préault : neoclassicism and the sublime in French sculpture, 1760-1840 / Alison West.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Description:

xi, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index.
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.
Dust jacket.

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.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0521443261 (hardback)
9780521443265 (hardback)

Subject:

Plastik
Europa
Neoclassicism (Art) France.
Sculpture, French 19th century.
Sculpture, French 18th century.
Mythology, Classical, in art.
Néoclassicisme (Art) France.
Sculpture française 19e siècle.
Sculpture française 18e siècle.
Mythologie ancienne dans l'art.
Neoclassicism (Art)
Sculpture, French.
Antike
Das Erhabene
Geschichte
Klassizismus
Kunst
Mythos
Plastische kunst.
Neoclassicisme.
Sculpture, French 20th century.
Sublime (art)
Néo-classicisme (art) France.
Sculpture 18e siècle.
Sculpture 19e siècle.
Sculpture française.
Mythologie classique Dans l'art.
Sculpture, Modern 19th century France
Sculpture, Modern 20th century France
France.
Frankreich

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213930
Call No.: NB547.5.N35 W4 1998
Status: Available

Location: Library main 213931
Call No.: NB547.5.N35 W4 1998
Status: Available