The Temple of the Muses; Or, the Principal Histories of Fabulous Antiquity, Represented in Sixty Sculptures; Designed and Ingraved by Bernard Picart Le Romain, and Other Celebrated Masters (Paperback)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT100617The text newly written by Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais to describe engravings, originally by C. Bloemaert and others, published as 'Tableaux du temple des muses' with text by Michel de Marolles, based on the work by Jaques Favereau. Titlepage in rAmsterdam: printed for Zachariah Chatelain, 1733. 6], XXIV,153, 3]p., plates; 2

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Imprint:	Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	June 2010
Authors:	MR De La Barre De Beaumarchais
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-171-05290-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General
LSN:	1-171-05290-1
Barcode:	9781171052906

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