The portrait bust and French cultural politics in the eighteenth century / / by Ronit Milano.
In The Portrait Bust and French Cultural Politics in the Eighteenth Century , Ronit Milano probes the rich and complex aesthetic and intellectual charge of a remarkably concise art form, and explores its role as a powerful agent of epistemological change during one of the most seismic moments in Fre...
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Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 242 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 242. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 8. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 “He is a Philosopher”: Individual versus Collective Identity
- 2 Decent Exposure: Bosoms, Smiles, and Maternal Delight in Female Portraits
- 3 Between Innocence and Disillusion: Representations of Children and Childhood
- 4 Transitional Identities: Family Structure, the Social Order, and Alternative Masculinities at the Dawn of Modernity
- 5 The Face of the Monarchy: Court Propaganda and the Portrait Bust
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names.