The human figure as method : study, sculpture and sculptors in the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1725-1765)

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Award date 16-12-2008
Number of pages 573
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
Document type PhD thesis
Language English
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Thesis (Permanent embargo)
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Chapter 1: Introduction (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 2: The practice of study: Nicolas Vleughels and the sculptors of the Académie de France in Rome (1724-1737) (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 3: The age of rehearsals: Study and the notion of the academic (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 4: Rules for sculptors’ presentations and the function of freestanding figures (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 5: Carving and the demarcation of the academic sculptor (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 6: Mouvement: Falconet’s Milon and Adam’s Prométhée (Permanent embargo)
Chapter 7: Repos, Contraste: Bouchardon’s Christ, Saly’s Faune and Pigalle’s Mercure (Permanent embargo)
Coda: The reception of Edmé Bouchardon as a discussion on methods and learning (Permanent embargo)
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