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Francois Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (Hardcover)
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Francois Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France (Hardcover)
Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
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While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist Francois
Boucher's artistic style and identity, this book presents the first
full-length interdisciplinary study of Boucher's prolific
collection of around 13,500 objects including paintings, sculpture,
prints, drawings, porcelain, shells, minerals, and other imported
curios. It discusses the types of objects he collected, the
networks through which he acquired them, and their spectacular
display in his custom-designed studio at the Louvre, where he lived
and worked for nearly two decades. This book explores the role his
collection played in the development of his art, his studio, his
friendships, and the burgeoning market for luxury goods in
mid-eighteenth-century France. In doing so, it sheds new light on
the relationship between Boucher's artistic and collecting
practices, which attracted both praise and criticism from period
observers. The book will appeal to scholars working in art history,
museum studies, and French history.
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