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.