{"product_id":"crowning-glories-netherlandish-realism-and-the-french-imagination-during-the-reign-of-louis-xiv-hardback-9781487504427","title":"Crowning Glories; Netherlandish Realism and the French Imagination During the Reign of Louis XIV (Hardback) 9781487504427","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCrowning Glories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNetherlandish Realism and the French Imagination During the Reign of Louis XIV\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarriet Stone (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487504427\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 42 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This work is notable for its rich, sensitive, and perceptive analysis of the artistic works, and the thought-provoking parallels and contrasts developed throughout.\" - Richard Maber (\u003cem\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Stone makes a persuasive claim by demonstrating how Dutch realistic painting gradually chipped away at the French monarchy\u0026amp;#x2019;s hold on ideas.[…] This claim is bold enough to require extensive explanation, which Stone provides within a strong conceptual framework.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Hanneke Grootenboer, Radboud University (\u003cem\u003eH-France\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrowning Glories\u003c\/em\u003e integrates Louis XIV\u0026amp;#x2019;s propaganda campaigns, the transmission of Northern art into France, and the rise of empiricism in the eighteenth century – three historical touchstones – to examine what it would have meant for France\u0026amp;#x2019;s elite to experience the arts in France simultaneously with Netherlandish realist painting. In an expansive study of cultural life under the Sun King, Harriet Stone considers the monarchy\u0026amp;#x2019;s elaborate palace decors, the court\u0026amp;#x2019;s official records, and the classical theatre alongside Northern images of daily life in private homes, urban markets, and country fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStone argues that Netherlandish art assumes an unobtrusive yet, for the history of ideas, surprisingly dramatic role within the flourishing of the arts, both visual and textual, in France during Louis XIV\u0026amp;#x2019;s reign. Netherlandish realist art represented thinking about knowledge that challenged the monarchy\u0026amp;#x2019;s hold on the French imagination, and its efforts to impose the king\u0026amp;#x2019;s portrait as an ideal and proof of his authority. As objects appreciated for their aesthetic and market value, Northern realist paintings assumed an uncontroversial place in French royal and elite collections. Flemish and Dutch still lifes, genre paintings, and cityscapes, however, were not merely accoutrements of power, acquisitions made by those with influence and money\u003ci\u003e. Crowning Glories\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the empirical orientation of Netherlandish realism exposed French court society to a radically different mode of thought, one that would gain full expression in the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopédie\u003c\/i\u003e of Diderot and d\u0026amp;#x2019;Alembert. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Images\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Hiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Divergent Patterns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Two Models in Context: Northern Realist Art in France\u003cbr\u003e2. France at the Intersection: Configuring the French Response to Northern Realism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Transformations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Fractured Spaces: Staging the King\u0026amp;#x2019;s Portrait\u003cbr\u003e4. In Death as in Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Patterns of Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e5. The Great Reveal\u003cbr\u003e6. Legacies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: \u003cem\u003eTrompe l\u0026amp;#x2019;oeil\u003c\/em\u003e Illusions and the Thoughts They Inspire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702307156248,"sku":"9781487504427","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/crowning-glories-netherlandish-realism-and-the-french-imagination-during-the-reign-of-louis-xiv-hardback-9781487504427","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}