Author: Bailey, Colin et al.
Title: The Loves of the Gods: Mythological Painting from Watteau to David
Description: New York, Rizzoli, 1991. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 588 pp. 360+ color plates. First major examination of the full range of French 18th century mythological painting. Works by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, David, and many others. 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./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 562-584) and indexes. Contents: n 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. VG .

Keywords: European Art ; Mythological Painting; 18th Century Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art


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