Diderot on Painting

Author: Denis Diderot
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Starting from 1759, Diderot wrote annual reports on the art exhibitions held at the Louvre in Paris for the "Mercure de France". This book is a collection of these reports. With his clear and vivid imagination, the author provides detailed and meticulous analyses of paintings, sculptures, and engravings.