The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815

Noemie Etienne

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English

Getty Publications
24 February 2017

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Painting & paintings

The decades following the 1973 publication of Alessandro Conti’s Storia del Restauro have seen considerable scholarly interest in the development of restoration in France in the second half of the eighteenth century. A number of technical treatises and biographies of restorers have offered insight into restoration practice. The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750–1815, however, is the first book to situate this work within the broader historical and philosophical contexts of the time.

Drawing on previously unpublished primary material from archives in Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Venice, Noémie Étienne combines art history with anthropology and sociology to survey the waning decades of the Ancien Régime and early post– Revolution France. Initial chapters present the diversity of restoration practice, encompassing not only royal institutions and the Louvre museum but also private art dealers, artists, and craftsmen, and examine questions of trade secrecy and the changing role of the restorer. Following chapters address the influence of restoration and exhibition on the aesthetic understanding of paintings as material objects. The book closes with a discussion of the institutional and political uses of restoration, along with an art historical consideration of such key concepts as authenticity, originality, and stability of artworks, emphasizing the multilayered dimension of paintings by such important artists as Titian and Raphael. There is also a useful dictionary of the main restorers active in France between 1750 and 1815.

By: Noemie Etienne
Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 990g
ISBN: 9781606065167
ISBN 10: 1606065165
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 24 February 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Noemie Etienne is currently a fellow at the Getty Research Institute. Beginning in September 2016 she will be Swiss National Science Foundation Professor of Art History at the University of Bern.

Reviews for The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815

One of the strengths of the book is that it raises more questions than it can answer. It should be a goldmine for future research. While highly specialized, it contains much that should be of interest not just to art historians, restorers, and conservationists, but also to historians, anthropologists, and all students of French culture in this period. --David O'Brien H-France Review (3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM) Ambitious, meticulously documented. . . . The extensive bibliography and biographical directory of restorers will be invaluable resources for art historians and conservators. --Heather McPherson New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century Etienne impressively prompts revisions to pervasive conceptions in the literature and shapes novel interpretations. -- Journal of the American Institute for Conservation