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Coles The Profession of Sculpture in the Paris 'Académie' at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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The profession of sculpture was transformed during the eighteenth century as the creation and appreciation of art became increasingly associated with social interaction. Central to this transformation was the esteemed yet controversial body, the Acadmie royale de peinture et de sculpture .
In this richly illustrated book, Tomas Macsotay focuses on the sculptor’s life at the Acadmie , analysing the protocols that dictated the production of academic art. Arguing that these procedures were modelled on the artist’s study journey to Rome, Macsotay discusses the close links between working practices introduced at the Acadmie and new notions of academic community and personal sensibility. He explores the bodily form of the morceau de rception on which the election of new members depended, and how this shaped the development of academic ideas and practices. Macsotay also reconsiders the early revolutionary years, where outside events exacerbated tensions between personal autonomy and institutional authority.
The Profession of sculpture in the Paris Acadmie underscores the moral and aesthetic divide separating modern interpretations of sculpture based on notions of the individual artistic persona, and eighteenth-century notions of sociable production. The result is a book which takes sculpture outside the national arena, and re-focuses attention on its more subjective role, a narrative of intimate life in a modern world.
Winner of the Prix Marianne Roland Michel 2009.
Contains 90 illustrations.
The profession of sculpture was transformed during the eighteenth century as the creation and appreciation of art became increasingly associated with social interaction. Central to this transformation was the esteemed yet controversial body, the Acadmie royale de peinture et de sculpture .
In this richly illustrated book, Tomas Macsotay focuses on the sculptor’s life at the Acadmie , analysing the protocols that dictated the production of academic art. Arguing that these procedures were modelled on the artist’s study journey to Rome, Macsotay discusses the close links between working practices introduced at the Acadmie and new notions of academic community and personal sensibility. He explores the bodily form of the morceau de rception on which the election of new members depended, and how this shaped the development of academic ideas and practices. Macsotay also reconsiders the early revolutionary years, where outside events exacerbated tensions between personal autonomy and institutional authority.
The Profession of sculpture in the Paris Acadmie underscores the moral and aesthetic divide separating modern interpretations of sculpture based on notions of the individual artistic persona, and eighteenth-century notions of sociable production. The result is a book which takes sculpture outside the national arena, and re-focuses attention on its more subjective role, a narrative of intimate life in a modern world.
Winner of the Prix Marianne Roland Michel 2009.
Contains 90 illustrations.
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