Title & Author:

Promenades on paper : eighteenth-century French drawings from the Bibliotheque nationale de France / edited by Esther Bell, Sarah Grandin, Corinne Le Bitouzé, and Anne Leonard, with the assistance of Pauline Chougnet and Chloe Perrot ; essays by Pauline Chougnet and Corinne Le Bitouzé, Charlotte Guichard, and Meredith Martin ; with contributions by Jean Francois Bedard, Esther Bell, Sarah Catala, Pauline Chougnet, Johanna Daniel, Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey, Sarah Grandin, Alastair Laing, Corinne Le Bitouze, Sidonie Lemeux-Fraitot, Anne Leonard, Arnaud Maillet, Chloe Perrot, Perrin Stein, Richard Taws, and Hannah Williams.

Publication:

Williamstown, Massachusetts : Clark Institute, [2022]
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
©2022

Description:

xi, 259 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA from December 17, 2022 - March 12, 2023, and at Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France, from May 12 - August 28, 2023.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
Drawings in the library : the eighteenth-century collection of the Département des estampes et de la photographie / Pauline Chougnet and Corinne Le Bitouzé -- Ixion's Wheel, or the four elements : drawing order from chaos in eighteenth-century France / Meredith Martin -- Drawing the world in the eighteenth century : describing, exploring, conquering / Charlotte Guichard.

Summary:

"An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Promenades on Paper explores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Among the 50 featured artists are some of France's most celebrated eighteenth-century practitioners, including Madeleine Basseporte (1701-1780), François Boucher (1703-1770), Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724-1780), and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), alongside architects, designers, and printmakers. Scattered across the institution's vast reserves, these drawings have until now served primarily documentary purposes. In this book, leading international scholars introduce more than 80 drawings, albums, and sketchbooks--many published here for the first time--and reveal how artists used drawing to record, critique, and try to improve the world around them"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781935998532 (Clark Art Institute ; hardcover)
1935998536 (Clark Art Institute ; hardcover)
9780300266931 (Yale University Press ; hardcover)
0300266936 (Yale University Press ; hardcover)

Subject:

Bibliothèque nationale de France Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie 18th century Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie
Drawing, French 18th century Exhibitions.
Drawing France Paris Exhibitions.
Dessin français 18e siècle Expositions.
Dessin France Paris Expositions.
Drawing
Drawing, French
France Paris

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Bell, Esther (Esther Susan), editor.
Grandin, Sarah, editor.
Le Bitouzé, Corinne, author, editor.
Leonard, Anne, editor.
Guichard, Charlotte, author.
Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.), author.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, contributor.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, host institution.
Musée des beaux-arts de Tours, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317233
Call No.: 317233
Copy: 1
Status: Available