Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, Sept. 18, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003 and the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum--Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Jan. 31-Apr. 20, 2003. Also published in French under title: Richelieu : l'art et le pouvoir, and in German under title: Richelieu, 1585-1642 : Kunst, Macht und Politik. Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-412) and index.
Contents:
Richelieu and contemporary art : "raison d'etat" and personal taste / Hilliard T. Goldfarb -- Richelieu, patron of the arts / Marc Fumaroli -- Portraits as political mission : Richelieu and his apelles / Ekkehard Mai -- The first statesman and the urgency of reason / Orest Ranum -- Counsel and courage : the Galerie des hommes illustres in the Palais Cardinal, a self-portrait of Richelieu / Sylvain Laveissière -- The Cardinal-minister / Françoise Hildesheimer -- L'Imprimerie royale and Cardinal Richelieu / Maxime Préaud -- The architecture of Cardinal Richelieu / Hilary Ballon -- Richelieu and la Nouvelle France / Jacques Mathieu -- From painted canvas to silver screen : Richelieu in film / Judith Prokasky.
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