History, Painting, and the Seriousness of Pleasure in the Age of Louis XV

by Susanna Caviglia

French painting of Louis XV's reign (1715-74), generally categorized by the term rococo, has typically been understood as an artistic style aimed at furnishing courtly society with delightful images of its own frivolous pursuits. Instead, this book shows the significance and seriousness underpinning the notion of pleasure embedded in eighteenth-century history painting. During this time, pleasure became a moral ideal grounded not only in domestic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789620392
• ISBN13: 9781789620399
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation in Association with Liver
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"