During the last years of France's ancien regime, an outpouring of creative activity and patronage resulted in the production of many works of painting and sculpture. In this book, Michael Levey discusses the major painters and sculptors of this period that opened with Watteau and the fete galante and closed with the revolutionary history paintings of David. Levey discusses famous sculptors such as Falconet, Pigalle and Houdon as well as the lesser-known Coustou, Michel-Ange Lsodtz and Caffieri. Levey then analyzes the paintings of Restout, Vernet, Oudry and others who were talented painters of portraits, genre scenes and still lifes.
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This review is from: Painting and Sculpture in France, 1700-1789 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) (Paperback)
I bought the book because I am interested in sculpture, so my comments only concern the chapters on sculpture. Being a regular visitor to the Louvre I often find it hard to appreciate the museum's exhibition of French sculpture from the 17th and 18th centuries. The book clarified a lot of the issues I used to have. It draws attention to the tensions between influences of the Italian baroque and more classical or natural trends. It made it clear to me that the period is to be considered on its own and not as a preparation to neoclassicism or a part of Italian sculpture (this may sound obvious and of course it is, but my way of looking at the works was always blurred by too much thinking of Italy or Canova).
So much for the benefits of the book. There are some flaws as well. The most important of these in my view is this: the author begins every section with biographical notes on the sculptor under consideration. This constitutes a pattern that makes the book a rather dull read. Also, not of every piece discussed there is an image. Still I am glad I bought and read the book (the chapters on sculpture that is).
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