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The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting

The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting

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Offering a nuanced and historically accurate account of François-André Vincent’s life and work, Elizabeth C. Mansfield reveals the artist’s profound influence on the visual culture of the French Revolution. Mansfield restores a critically important body of work to its rightful place in the story of French art and reorients Revolutionary-era French art history toward a broader understanding of the period.

Mansfield, Elizabeth C. (NHC Fellow, 2008–09). The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. ISBN 9780816675814.

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Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Year

2012

Topics

Asset Type

Images

Language

English

Subject Term

Visual Arts French Art French Revolution Painting Painters Art History