The French Revolution

Author

Gage, John

Document type

Compte rendu de livres

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1036, Vol. 131, p. 495-497, 4 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

On two exhibitions concerned with the French Revolution: one at the British Museum, showing late 18th c. to Victorian paintings and prints, wax images from Madame Tussaud's (London), and other objects illustrating the French Revolution and the British response to it; the other at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, showing prints and drawings from the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, together with watercolors and objects from local collections, especially material involving the guillotine and its context.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Painting
• Prints
• Wax
• Modeling
• Tussaud, Marie Gresholtz, 1760-1850
• Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
• Sculpture
• Iconography
• Musée Carnavalet||Paris (FRA)
• Madame Tussaud's||London (GBR)
• Guillotine
• Paris (FRA)
• Art
• France
• Great Britain
• Drawing
• Victorian
• Watercolor
• Exhibitions

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Peinture
• Estampe
• Cire
• Tussaud, Marie Gresholtz, 1760-1850
• Révolution (France: 1789-1799)
• Sculpture
• Iconographie
• Musée Carnavalet||Paris (FRA)
• Madame Tussaud's||London (GBR)
• Guillotine
• Paris (FRA)
• Art
• France
• Grande-Bretagne
• Dessin
• Victorien (art)
• Aquarelle
• Exposition

Review of

19910701-00454299, 19910701-00454300, 19910701-00454301

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454302

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