Préault's commissions for the new Louvre : patronage and politics in the Second Empire

Author

Millard, Charles

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1038, Vol. 131, p. 625-630, 9 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Discusses several pieces of architectural sculpture executed by Préault 1854-1857 for the Palais du Louvre, and speculates about the effect on style and quality of the unusual pressure brought to bear by the state commissioners.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- France
• Préault, Antoine-Augustin, 1809-1879
• Sculpture
• Architectural decoration
• Palais du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• France
• Patronage
• State
• Politics
• Second Empire (France: 1852-1870)
• Style

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- France
• Sculpture
• Décoration architecturale
• Palais du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• France
• Mécénat
• Etat
• Politique
• Second Empire (France: 1852-1870)
• Style

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454970

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