Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Petit Palais, Paris, March 21-July 16, 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-360).
Contents:
Mobilier des églises de Paris. La peinture religieuse du XVIIIe siècle au regard de l'héritage du grand siècle -- Le destin mouvementé des tableaux, de la révolution française au XXe siècle, Déplacements, transformations et restaurations -- Les édifices religieux parisiens au XVIIIe siècle -- La fin du régne de Louis XIV -- Voir le sacré, Les retables des églises de Paris au xviiie siècle -- Le théatre baroque des Lumiéres -- La sainteté des Lumiéres -- Images mariales et représentations de l'enfance jésus -- Rénovations ecclésiales. Nouvelles architectures -- Les étapes de la création -- La révolution de la peinture religieuse à la fin du siècle -- Mobilier des églises de Paris.
Summary:
French painting of the eighteenth century generally refers more to the refinements of the galant feast and the portrait than the splendours of the great religious painting. Yet it is in the churches of Paris that the painting of the Enlightenment was the most spectacular, to the point of being celebrated by Diderot for its dramatic expressiveness, its narrative efficiency and its theatrical composition. From François Lemoine and Jean-François de Troy to Jacques-Louis David, the greatest artists showed themselves under their best brushes. They imagined large canvases, ceilinged decorations and perspectives giving the trompe-l'œil a fair share, all as striking as the creations of 17th-century Baroque Rome--Resume from the publisher.
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