Revolutionizing the Study of Female Artists

Dunn talks about Laura Auricchio's AdelaIde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution which draws on archival research, cultural history, and French Revolutionary history to position Labille-Guiard (1749-1 803) as a product of both the art world and the volatile political climate of Revol...

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Published in:The Eighteenth century (Lubbock) 2012-07, Vol.53 (2), p.253-256
Main Author: Dunn, Lindsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract art
Aristocracy
Auricchio, Laura
Climate change
Cultural change
Cultural history
French language
French Revolution
Illustration
Labille-Guiard, Adelalde
Language history
Literary criticism
Political factors
Political revolutions
Portraits
Self portraiture
Visual artists
Womens studies
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Summary:Dunn talks about Laura Auricchio's AdelaIde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution which draws on archival research, cultural history, and French Revolutionary history to position Labille-Guiard (1749-1 803) as a product of both the art world and the volatile political climate of Revolutionary-era France. Auricchio's book, arranged chronologically, is divided into five chapters that situate Labille-Guiard's life within the political events before, during, and after the French Revolution.
ISSN:0193-5380
1935-0201
1935-0201
DOI:10.1353/ecy.2012.0015