សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

World Wide E-Library

Book Cover

Read PDF

( 19 )
Article By JSTOR

Artists' Things, Rediscovering Lost Property from Eighteenth-Century France

Author

Scott; Katie ; Williams; Hannah

Year

2024

Publisher

Getty Publications

Type

BOOK

Category

Art

Language

English

Pages

403

ISBN

978-1-60606-863-2

Link

Last Update

24-Jul-2025

Keywords

Art & Art History ; European Studies

Description

Histories of artists’ personal possessions shed new light on the lives of their owners. Artists are makers of things. Yet, it is a measure of the disembodied manner in which we generally think about artists that we rarely consider the everyday items they own. This innovative book looks at objects that once belonged to artists, revealing not only the fabric of the eighteenth-century art world in France but also unfamiliar—and sometimes unexpected—insights into the individuals who populated it, including Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Elisabeth Vigée-LeBrun. From the curious to the mundane, from the useful to the symbolic, these items have one thing in common: they have all been eclipsed from historical view. Some of the objects still exist, like Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s color box and Jacques-Louis David’s table. Others survive only in paintings, such as JeanSiméon Chardin’s cistern in his Copper Drinking Fountain, or in documents, like François Lemoyne’s sword, the instrument of his suicide. Several were literally lost, including pastelist Jean-Baptiste Perronneau’s pencil case. In this fascinating book, the authors engage with fundamental historical debates about production, consumption, and sociability through the lens of material goods owned by artists. The free online edition of this open-access publication is at www.getty.edu/publications/artists-things/ and includes zoomable illustrations. Free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book are also available.

Related

See More
Image Description

Educación y nueva constitución

Educación y nueva constitución
Image Description

Citizens and Groups in Contemporary China

Citizens and Groups in Contemporary China
Image Description

The Hermit in German Literature

The Hermit in German Literature
Image Description

Blacks in the Jewish Mind

Blacks in the Jewish Mind
Image Description

Das Menschenrecht auf Gesundheit

Das Menschenrecht auf Gesundheit
Image Description

Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice

Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice