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Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

The loves of the gods : mythological painting from Watteau to David / Colin B. Bailey with the assistance of Carrie A. Hamilton ; introduction by Pierre Rosenberg ; with essays by Philippe Le Leyzour [and others].

Publisher, Date:

Description:

587 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Subjects:

Mythology, Classical, in art -- Exhibitions.

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

Mythology, Classical, in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Other Author:

Hamilton, Carrie A.

Kimbell Art Museum.

Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)

Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Notes:

"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:

In 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.

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Table of contents

LCCN:

91040371

ISBN:

0847815218

9780847815210

9780912804262

0912804262

Other Number:

24793036

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

43815

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

753.7 Bailey