Watteau and the Cultural Politics of Eighteenth-Century France

Auteur: Plax, Julie Anne (University of Arizona)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Julie-Anne Plax examines several categories of Watteau's paintings - theatrical, military, fetes, and the art dealer. Arguing that Watteau consistently applied coherent strategies of representation aimed at subverting high art, in this 2000 book she shows how his paintings toyed ironically with conventions and genres.

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Julie-Anne Plax examines several categories of Watteau's paintings - theatrical, military, fetes, and the art dealer. Arguing that Watteau consistently applied coherent strategies of representation aimed at subverting high art, in this 2000 book she shows how his paintings toyed ironically with conventions and genres.
ISBN / EAN 9780521642682
Auteur Plax, Julie Anne (University of Arizona)
Editeur Cambridge University Press