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Making up the rococo : François Boucher and his critics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hyde, Melissa Lee
Other Authors: Boucher, François, 1703-1770
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Getty Research Institute, [2006]
Series:Texts & documents.
Subjects:
Boucher, François, > 1703-1770 > Criticism and interpretation.
Art criticism > France > History > 18th century.
Art, Rococo > France.
Gender identity in art.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why Boucher?
  • Plates
  • Boucher, boudoir, salon: cherchez la femme
  • Making up the rococo
  • The makeup of the Marquise
  • Pastoral make-believe: gender play from the opéra-comique to the salon
  • Rococo quid pro quo: Boucher's confounding conventions
  • In the guise of history: the Jupiter and Callisto paintings.