Introduction : the fragile and the flimsy -- Watteau's Delicatesse -- Pastel and the allure of fragility -- Wax, fire, and the fashion for permanence -- Clodion's fragile monuments -- Epilogue : this is so contemporary.
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"Examines how fragile and decaying artworks transformed the relation between art, time, and value in eighteenth-century France"-- Provided by publisher
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