Art history, eighteenth-century studies
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In recent years, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the history of museums, academies and major exhibitions. There has been, however, little to no sustained interest in the histories of alternative exhibitions (single... more
Forging strategies. Gold and silversmiths in eighteenth-century Ghent between guild and art academy Faced by consumers’ new demand for fashionable, quality goods, design skills became increasingly important for manufacturers since the... more
The reemergence of a portrait of Monsignor Angelo Locatelli Martorelli Orsini, signed by the eighteenth century painter from Ancona Bernardino Bini allows for a reevaluation of the artist’s career. Previously known almost exclusively from... more
The name François Boucher is synonymous with the visual and material culture of luxury in mid eighteenth-century France. His paintings are filled with desirable objects that informed the tastes of collectors. What is less known is that... more
Rococo Echo brings together a collection of new essays about the Rococo’s persistence across the later eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Rococo Echo offers a resource for those working not... more
Francesca Lui, Des ruines aux bibliothèques. Piranesi and the French World: Fame, Influence, Legacy, in The Rome of Piranesi. The Eighteenth-Century City in the Great Vedute, edited by Mario Bevilacqua and Mario Gori Sassoli. English... more
Between 1760 and 1765, the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Gricci headed a team of artists in the creation of a Gabinete de Porcelana [Porcelain Room] at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. Porcelain rooms were not unknown at this time, but Gricci... more
Questo saggio analizza l'unico dipinto a tema sacro realizzato da Antenore Soldi, membro della "Scuola di Rivara". Quest'opera, intitolata "La Vergine con il Bambino, San Giuseppe, Sant'Antonio da Padova, San Francesco d'Assisi, San... more
Just as Alexander Baumgarten is often credited with having established the modern discipline of aesthetics, Johann Winckelmann is said to have laid the foundations of art history. It’s notable that both were at the University of Halle in... more
Francesca Lui, Des ruines aux bibliothèques. Piranesi e il mondo francese: fortuna, suggestioni, eredità, in La Roma di Piranesi. La città del Settecento nelle Grandi Vedute, a cura di Mario Bevilacqua e Mario Gori Sassoli, Roma,... more
The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) is pleased to announce the 2018 International Seminar for Early Career Eighteenth-Century Scholars. Colleagues from all fields of eighteenth-century studies are invited to... more
Resumen La reflexión sobre la antigüedad y la herencia clásica constituye uno de los pilares centrales de pensamiento de Anthony Ashley Cooper, conde de Shaftesbury (1671-1713). En este artículo se lleva a cabo un estudio del significado... more
This book examines a famous series of sculptures by the German artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) known as his "Character Heads." These are busts of human heads, highly unconventional for their time, representing strange, often... more
Francesca Lui, Un inedito 'catalogo delle opere' di Piranesi. Note in margine alla "Raccolta dei disegni del Guercino" di Francesco Bartolozzi, in «Venezia Arti», 12, 1998, pp. 122-127. OCLC: 799718438... more
This essay argues that in his series of smirking busts known as “Character Heads,” Franz Xaver Messerschmidt operated as a sculptural satirist. The nature of Messerschmidt’s satire is diffuse and this essay isolates it by associating his... more
Giuseppe Morazzoni, Il libro illustrato veneziano del Settecento, a cura di Alberta Pettoello, Sala Bolognese, Arnaldo Forni Editore, 2010, in «Biblioteche Oggi», XXIX n.7 (settembre 2011), pp. 76-77.
Conférences des Jeudis de l'Art -
L'art et le sacré, Paris, Institut catholique de Paris, 8 février 2018
L'art et le sacré, Paris, Institut catholique de Paris, 8 février 2018
In the competitive environment of the eighteenth-century London art scene, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds were often perceived as great rivals. While they shared patrons, sitters, and a stake in the future of British art,... more
Francesca Lui, La decorazione neoclassica a Bologna, in «Neoclassico», 1, 1992, pp. 70-85.
ISBN 8831757366
OCLC 176347230
https://www.worldcat.org/title/neoclassico/oclc/176347230
ISBN 8831757366
OCLC 176347230
https://www.worldcat.org/title/neoclassico/oclc/176347230
Cette journée d’études a pour objet de questionner les différentes facettes du métier d’architecte en se concentrant spécifiquement sur le XVIIIe siècle. En cela, elle s’inscrit dans le prolongement des trois tables-rondes organisées à... more
The monument to the queen Maria I, a majestic statue celebrating Maria’s reign together with the power of monarchy, reveals the purpose of its patron Pina Manique (1733-1805) to magnify his own prestige into the Court. Both the grandeur... more
À la fin du XVIIIe siècle, la ville et l’arsenal de Brest suscitent un engouement sensationnel et attirent des curieux venus de l’Europe entière. Cet ensemble urbain et portuaire sorti de terre à une vitesse considérable laisse rarement... more