Main entry:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, creator. cre http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/cre

Title & Author:

Promenades on paper : eighteenth-century French drawings from the Bibliothèque 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-François Bédard [and 15 others].

Publication:

Williamstown, Massachusetts : Clark Art Institute, [2022]

Description:

xi, 259 pages illustrations 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition of the same title held at the Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA from December 17, 2022-March 12, 2023, and at Musée 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 -- Catalogue -- Drawing practices -- Drawn for print -- Design -- Drawing as document.

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"An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.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. Département des estampes et de la photographie Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie 18th century.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie
Drawing, French 18th century.
Dessin français 18e siècle Expositions.
Dessin France Paris Expositions.
Dessin français 18e siècle.
Drawing, French Criticism and interpretation.
Drawing, French Exhibitions. 18th century.
Drawing France Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
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 editor
Leonard, Anne (Anne Rachel), editor.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, host institution, issuing body.
Musée des beaux-arts de Tours, host institution.

Holdings:

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