Research Catalog

Title

François Boucher : seductive visions / Jo Hedley.

Author

Hedley, Jo

Publication

[London, England] : Wallace Collection, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boucher, François, 1703-1770
• Wallace Collection (London, England)

Description

208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Summary

"The first monograph to appear on the eighteenth-century French artist, Francois Boucher, for nearly twenty years, this illustrated book charts his spectacular rise from poverty to the position of First Painter to King Louis XV. It provides a detailed account of his stylistic development and, by setting it within the historical and cultural context of its day, provides fresh new insights into Boucher's artistic achievement. Boucher's output as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, tapestry designer and source of inspiration for the decorative arts are all examined, helping to explain his position as the presiding visual genius of eighteenth-century France. Boucher's artistic legacy is also analysed, demonstrating how the mythology surrounding the painter's allegedly libidinous private life has continued to undermine serious consideration of his work up to the present day. Special consideration is given to Boucher's paintings in the Wallace Collection, and the book includes an essay on the collection's Boucher-inspired decorative arts written by its Director, Rosalind Savill."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Seductive visions

Subject

• Boucher, François, 1703-1770 > Exhibitions
• 1700-1799
• Painting, French > 18th century > Exhibitions
• Drawing, French > 18th century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Issued on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Wallace Collection, London, Sept. 30, 2004-Apr. 17, 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Maps of eighteenth-century Paris and environs -- Boucher's beginnings : 1703-1731 -- The rising star of the Rococo : 1731-40 -- Goddesses, princesses, odalisques and shepherdesses : Boucher in the 1740s -- Pompadour's painter : 1750s -- Copyists and critics : Boucher mid-1750s to 1770 -- Reputation and reaction : Boucher's legacy to the present day -- Boucher : the muse for Sevres porcelain and gold boxes in the Wallace collection by Rosalind Savill.

ISBN

0900785721

OCLC

• 56935477
• SCSB-11107490

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library