- Author
- Title
- The human figure as method : study, sculpture and sculptors in the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1725-1765)
- Supervisors
- Co-supervisors
- Award date
- 16 December 2008
- Number of pages
- 573
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities (FGw)
- Institute
- Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.299816
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Thesis
Cover
Title pages
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The practice of study: Nicolas Vleughels and the sculptors of the Académie de France in Rome (1724-1737)
Chapter 3: The age of rehearsals: Study and the notion of the academic
Chapter 4: Rules for sculptors’ presentations and the function of freestanding figures
Chapter 5: Carving and the demarcation of the academic sculptor
Chapter 6: Mouvement: Falconet’s Milon and Adam’s Prométhée
Chapter 7: Repos, Contraste: Bouchardon’s Christ, Saly’s Faune and Pigalle’s Mercure
Coda: The reception of Edmé Bouchardon as a discussion on methods and learning
Summary
Samenvatting
Works cited
List of figures
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