The restoration of paintings in Paris, 1750-1815 : practice, discourse, materiality

Noémie Étienne ; translated from the French by Sharon Grevet
Bok · Engelsk · 2016

Originaltittel	[ Restauration des peintures à Paris. .] English
Medvirkende	Grevet, Sharon
Omfang	ixv, 302 sider : illustrasjoner
Opplysninger	Innhold: Introduction: restoration and the public sphere -- Versatility and flexibility -- A networked practice -- Between the institutional and the private settings -- A public sphere of knowledge? -- Standards and reclassifications -- Intellectual property -- A "connoisseur-artist" -- Toward a definition at the museum -- To smoke or to scour? -- Restoration as interpretation -- Faking the painting -- Window or mirror -- Supports/surfaces -- From divided work to fabricated painting -- From adjustable object to adjusted space -- Mural exodus: the paintings transported to the museum -- Commercial and private venues -- Seeing, believing, and judging -- Financial repercussions -- A political practice -- For the glory of the king -- After the revolution: the opening of the Louvre -- "From the rubble of triumph" -- Gazing upon the masterpieces of the arts -- The skilled hand of the French restorers -- The end of an empire.
Emner	Painting - Conservation and restoration - History - France - Paris Frankrike Konservering Maleri - Konservering og restaurering Vis mer... Malerkunst Restaurering
Geografisk emneord	Paris (By) : HUME02293
Dewey	751.62
ISBN	9781606065167 (pbk.)