Histoire De La Peinture Au Moyen Age, Suivie De L'Histoire De La Gravure, Du Discours Sur L'Influence Des Arts Du Dessin, Et Du Musée Olympique; Par T.B. Éméric-David, De l'Institut royal de France (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres), Avec Une Notice Sur L'Auteur Par P.L. Jacob, Bibliophile.
Histoire De La Gravure En Taille-Douce Et De La Gravure En Bois
De L'Influence Des Arts Du Dessin Sur Le Commerce Et La Richesse Des Nations
Musée Olympique De L'Ecole Vivante Des Beaux-Arts
Imprint
Paris.: Librairie De Charles Gosselin, Éditeur de la Bibliothèque d'Élite, 9, Rue Saint-Germain-Des-Prés. -, 1842
Physical Description
[4], xxx, [2], 318, [2] p.; 171 mm. (Duodecimo.)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Notice Sur Éméric-David - [Text] - Table Des Matières; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printer is named on the verso of the title page: 'Imprimerie De Ve Dondey-Dupré, 46, rue Saint-Louis.'
References
M.A. Shedd, T.-B. Emeric David and the criticism of ancient sculpture in France 1790-1839 [dissertation, Univy. California, Berkeley] (1980).
Summary Note
The first essay is a pioneering study of painting in Europe from ca. 400 to ca. 1400 A.D. The author had also written on classical art. He was an advocate of realism rather than idealism in art.
The essay, Musée Olympique De L'Ecole Vivante Des Beaux-Arts, in which the author pleads for the encouragement of contemporary painters and sculptors, had first been published in 1796. It contributed to the establishment of the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris in the early nineteenth century.
Copy Note
A preliminary and a rear leaf carry annotations in ink. The former begins, 'J. Mitford.1843. Feb. 1844 ...'. This may refer to the literary scholar, the Revd. John Mitford (1781-1859).
Binding Note
19th-century calf; rebacked in 20th century retaining earlier gilt-decorated spine-piece, black morocco spine-label lettered 'David, Histoire De La Peinture', spine lettered '1842'.
Painting - Engraving - Drawing - Europe - History
Painters - Patronage - Exhibitions - Galleries - France - 18th century
Essays - France - 18th century - 19th century