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The Profession of Sculpture in the Paris 'Academie' (Paperback)
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The Profession of Sculpture in the Paris 'Academie' (Paperback)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2014:02
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The profession of sculpture was transformed during the eighteenth
century as the creation and appreciation of art became increasingly
associated with social interaction. Central to this transformation
was the esteemed yet controversial body, the Academie royale de
peinture et de sculpture. In this richly illustrated book, Tomas
Macsotay focuses on the sculptor's life at the Academie, analysing
the protocols that dictated the production of academic art. Arguing
that these procedures were modelled on the artist's study journey
to Rome, Macsotay discusses the close links between working
practices introduced at the Academie and new notions of academic
community and personal sensibility. He explores the bodily form of
the morceau de reception on which the election of new members
depended, and how this shaped the development of academic ideas and
practices. Macsotay also reconsiders the early revolutionary years,
where outside events exacerbated tensions between personal autonomy
and institutional authority. The Profession of sculpture in the
Paris Academie underscores the moral and aesthetic divide
separating modern interpretations of sculpture based on notions of
the individual artistic persona, and eighteenth-century notions of
sociable production. The result is a book which takes sculpture
outside the national arena, and re-focuses attention on its more
subjective role, a narrative of intimate life in a modern world.
Winner of the Prix Marianne Roland Michel 2009. Contains 90
illustrations.
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