The Origins of French Art Criticism: From the Ancien Régime to the Restoration

by Richard Wrigley

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive survey of the formation of French art criticism that looks beyond the celebrated leading lights, such as Diderot and Stendhal, to examine the historical circumstances that made art criticism a flourishing journalistic venture. Between the mid-eighteenth century and the 1820s, art critical writing became an established feature of the Parisian art world. Wrigley considers the discourse of art criticism in the context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198174098
• ISBN13: 9780198174097
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"