Main entry:

Couturier, Sonia, 1969-

Title & Author:

Drawn to art : French artists and art lovers in 18th-century Rome / Sonia Couturier ; with a preface by Pierre Rosenberg ; and contributions by Victor Carlson [and others].

Publication:

[Milano, Italy] : SilvanaEditoriale ; Ottawa : In collaboration with National Gallery of Canada, [2011]

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Issued also in French under title: Pour l'amour de l'art, artistes et amateurs français à Rome au XVIIIe siècle.
Exhibition catalogue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Sonia Couturier -- Academic training -- The landscape of Rome and its surroundings -- Art lovers, patrons, and artists -- Rediscovering antiquity -- Celebrations and festivities -- Notes to the catalogue -- Appendix -- Selected bibliography -- Exhibition catalogues.

Summary:

In the eighteenth century's burgeoning culture of travel and "Grand Tours," Rome was the essential destination. From all over Europe, artists jostled with art lovers and collectors of antiquities, each influencing the other in their respective ambitions. The cult of Rome was particularly strong in France, and this volume looks at more than 100 works by artists such as Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jacques-Louis David, who made pilgrimages to the "Eternal City" and who were decisively influenced by their time there. The works are contextualized across five different sections: the first focuses on the tradition of academic training in Rome; the second explores the depiction of the city's landscape and surrounding countryside; the third looks at Rome and Paris' cultures of art lovers, patrons and artists; the fourth section examines the eighteenth-century conception of antiques; and the final section looks at Rome's annual festivals, and their influence on French artists.

Resources:
TOC

ISBN:

9788836620548 (pbk.)
883662054X (pbk.)

Subject:

Art, French Italy Rome 18th century Exhibitions.
Art appreciation Italy Rome History 18th century.
Artists and patrons Italy Rome History 18th century.
Art français Italie Rome 18e siècle Expositions.
Rome (Italie) dans l'art Expositions.
Art Appréciation Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Artistes et mécènes Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Art appreciation.
Art, French.
Artists and patrons.
Rome (Italy) In art Exhibitions.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Rosenberg, Pierre.
Carlson, Victor.
Musée des beaux-arts de Caen.
National Gallery of Canada.

French artists and art lovers in 18th-century Rome

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275796
Call No.: BIB 210168
Status: Available