La volupté du goût : French painting in the age of Madame de Pompadour / [commissariat, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Philippe Le Leyzour ; authors of the essays, Olivier Baumont and others].
Catalog of an exhibition held under the aegis of the French Regional & American Museums Exchange at the Musée des beaux-arts, Tours, Oct. 11, 2008-Jan. 12, 2009; and at the Portland Art Museum, Or., Feb. 7-May 17, 2009. Accompanying CD contains period music in previously unreleased performances by the PhilidOr Ensemble and the harpsichordist Olivier Baumont. Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214). Includes biographical information about the artists.
Contents:
French painting in the age of Madame de Pompadour / Penelope Hunter-Stiebel -- On tast - 1745-1764 / Philippe Le Loyzour -- The art patronage of the marquise de Pompadour and the marquis de Marigny / Alden R. Gordon -- Madame de Pompadour and music / Olivier Baumont -- Between the court and the town: Madame de Pompadour's taste and the judgment of the critics / Christian Michel -- Painting and history: problems of figurative poetics in madame de Pompadour's time / Étienne Jollet. Artists: Jean Barbault -- François Boucher -- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin -- Jean-François (Gilles) Colson -- Charles-Antoine Coypel -- Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays -- François-Hubert Drouais -- Jean-Honoré Fragonard -- Jean-Baptiste Greuze -- Jacques de Lajoüe -- Nicolas Lancret -- Simon-Mathurin Lantarat, called Lantara -- Marianne Loir -- Jean-Marc Nattier -- Jean-Baptiste Oudry -- Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre -- Jean Restout -- Hubert Robert -- Henri-Horace Roland de La Porte -- Gabriel de Saint-Aubin -- Jean-François de Troy -- Carle Vanloo -- Louis-Michel Van Loo -- Claude-Joseph Vernet -- Joseph-Marie Vien. On compact disc: Selections from Issé (1697 version) / André Cardinal Destouches ; performed by Noémi Rime, VIncent Lièvre, Philidor Ensemble, conducted by François Bazola -- Sonata no. 4 in C major/minor "La favorite" / Jean-Baptiste Cardonne ; Olivier Baumont, harpsichord.
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