Le baroque des lumières : chefs-d'oeuvre des églises parisiennes au XVIIIe siècle / sous la direction de Christine Gouzi et Christophe Leribault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gouzi, Christine, author, editor.

Leribault, Christophe, author, editor.

Contributor:

Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France), host institution.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Painting, Baroque--France--Exhibitions.

Painting, Baroque.

Painting, French--18th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, French.

Christian art and symbolism--France--Paris--Modern period, 1500---Exhibitions.

Christian art and symbolism.

Catholic church buildings--France--Paris--Exhibitions.

Catholic church buildings.

Christian art and symbolism--Modern period.

France.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Paris musées, [2017]

Summary:

French painting of the eighteenth century generally refers more to the refinements of the galant feast and the portrait than the splendours of the great religious painting. Yet it is in the churches of Paris that the painting of the Enlightenment was the most spectacular, to the point of being celebrated by Diderot for its dramatic expressiveness, its narrative efficiency and its theatrical composition. From François Lemoine and Jean-François de Troy to Jacques-Louis David, the greatest artists showed themselves under their best brushes. They imagined large canvases, ceilinged decorations and perspectives giving the trompe-l'œil a fair share, all as striking as the creations of 17th-century Baroque Rome--Resume from the publisher.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Petit Palais, Paris, March 21 - July 16, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-360).

Contains:

Gouzi, Christine. Peinture religieuse à Paris au XVIIIe siècle.

ISBN:

9782759603442

275960344X

OCLC:

978537070