Sheltering art : collecting and social identity in early eighteenth-century Paris / Rochelle Ziskin.

Main entry:

Ziskin, Rochelle, 1954-

Title & Author:

Sheltering art : collecting and social identity in early eighteenth-century Paris / Rochelle Ziskin.

Publication:

Description:

xix, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index.
Cultural geography of the French capital circa 1700 -- Cloistered in the Faubourg Saint-Germain -- The Maison Crozat transformed -- A circle of "moderns" -- The regent and collecting on the Right Bank -- Les anciens and an expanding public realm in the arts -- The circles converge: Carignan and Jullienne.

Summary:

"Explores the role of private art collections in the cultural, social, and political life of early eighteenth-century Paris. Examines how two principal groups of collectors, each associated with a different political faction, amassed different types of treasures and used them to establish social identities and compete for distinction"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271037851 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271037857 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Art Collectors and collecting France Paris History 18th century.
Art and society France Paris History 18th century.
Art Collectionneurs et collections France Paris Histoire 18e siècle.
Art et société France Paris Histoire 18e siècle.
Art and society.
Art Collectors and collecting.
Art Collectionneurs et collections France Paris (France) 18e siècle.
Art Aspect social France Paris (France) 18e siècle.
France Paris.
1700-1740

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280235
Call No.: BIB 216804
Status: Available

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