{"product_id":"9780729410793-profession-of-sculpture-in-the-paris","title":"The Profession of Sculpture in the Paris 'Académie'","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eAcadémie royale de peinture et de sculpture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly illustrated book, Tomas Macsotay focuses on the sculptor’s life at the \u003cem\u003eAcadémie\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eAcadémie\u003c\/em\u003e and new notions of academic community and personal sensibility. He explores the bodily form of the \u003cem\u003emorceau de réception\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eProfession of sculpture in the Paris Académie\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Prix Marianne Roland Michel 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains 90 illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40877519962209,"sku":"9780729410793","price":131.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41684180_d8d977f8-807c-4993-a1eb-e8dfff9927aa.jpg?v=1781814367","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780729410793-profession-of-sculpture-in-the-paris","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}