O. Risunova

Obrazets dlia podrazhaniia: Et'en-Moris Fal'kone, skul'ptura i literatura (A Model for imitation: Étienne Maurice Falconet, sculpture and literature)

St Petersburg: Evropeiskii univ, 2012. pb. The sculptor who did the famous equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg was also a prolific writer on art. his monograph draws on archival sources to explore Falconet's life as both artist and art theorist. He is seen as a representative of the French Academy of Arts and a proponent of the ideas of the Enlightenment. The author bases her research on previously unstudied archival materials. 208 p., 21 cm., approx. 50 color and b/w illus., Rus. with summary in ENGLISH. Item #77
ISBN: 9785943801112

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