Accompanying an exhibition which moved from the Louvre to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in February 1998, this is a study of the work of the French Neo-classical sculptor, Augustin Pajou (1730-1809). His sculpture is discussed and illustrated in depth, and a detailed picture is provided of the artistic, courtly and aristocratic milieu in which he was active. This examination of the 18th-century French intellectual world concentrates on the beginnings of Neo-classicism and explores the philosophical and scientific underpinnings of the Enlightenment. The book is therefore intended not only for art historians, but also those interested in social and cultural history.
- ISBN10 0300085796
- ISBN13 9780300085792
- Publish Date 11 March 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 February 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English