Promenades on Paper

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Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliotheque nationale de France

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Promenades on Paper offers an illustrated journey through the largely unpublished eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Featuring over 80 works by renowned artists such as François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, the book unveils how artists used drawing to document, critique, and enhance their surroundings.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of art history, French culture, and historical drawing practices, as well as scholars interested in eighteenth-century European art collections.

An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Promenades on Paper explores the largely unmined collection of eighteenth-century drawings held in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Among the 50 featured artists are some of France’s most celebrated eighteenth-century practitioners, including Madeleine Basseporte (1701–1780), François Boucher (1703–1770), Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724–1780), and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), alongside architects, designers, and printmakers.

Scattered across the institution’s vast reserves, these drawings have until now served primarily documentary purposes. In this book, leading international scholars introduce more than 80 drawings, albums, and sketchbooks—many published here for the first time—and reveal how artists used drawing to record, critique, and try to improve the world around them.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300266931

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 March 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 200 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Anne Leonard
Edited by Esther Bell
Edited by Sarah Grandin
Edited by Corinne Le Bitouze
Contributions by Charlotte Guichard
Contributions by Meredith Martin
Contributions by Pauline Chougnet
Edited by Esther Bell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 273.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

Collections

Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts European History Global History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Esther Bell is the Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator, Sarah Grandin is the Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellow, and Anne Leonard is the Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, all at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. Corinne Le Bitouzé is the conservateur général, adjoint au directeur du Département des estampes et de la photographie at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.