D'Angiviller's "Great men" of France and the politics of the Parlements

Author

McClellan, Andrew

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 13, p. 175-192, 5 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Study of the series of sculptures of famous French men commissioned by d'Angiviller as part of a program of four statues and eight to 10 history paintings ordered every other year, 1777-1793, for the Grand Gallery of the Louvre (Paris). Examines the relationship of the series of famous men to contemporary competitions for the Prize in Eloquence of the Académie française (Paris) for eulogies of great men from French history, and places these in the context of the political struggle between royalists and reformists in the Parlement.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- France
• Sculpture
• France
• 1700-1800
• Famous men
• Iconography
• Commissions
• Angiviller, Charles Claude de la Billarderie, comte d', 1730-1809
• Palais du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Académie française||Paris (FRA)
• Competitions
• Politics
• History painting
• Eloquence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- France
• Sculpture
• France
• 1700-1800
• Hommes illustres
• Iconographie
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Angiviller, Charles Claude de la Billarderie, comte d', 1730-1809
• Palais du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Académie française||Paris (FRA)
• Concours
• Politique
• Peinture d'histoire
• Eloquence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00422359

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