Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment aspirational artisan The purpose of this volume

The purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to the pleasure of looking at master drawings

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Cummins is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of the History of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Art and chair of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University

Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment aspirational artisan The purpose of this volumeAnne Lise Desmas, douard Kopp, Guilhem Scherf, and Juliette Trey One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth century France, Edme Bouchardon (16981762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes