Antoine Schnapper
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Antoine Schnapper was a French art historian on art of the 18th century. A student of André Chastel
, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre
in 1989 on Jacques Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution
. He taught at the université de Paris IV.
André Chastel
André Chastel was a French art historian, author of an important work on the Italian Renaissance....
, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
in 1989 on Jacques Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
. He taught at the université de Paris IV.
Selected works
- Le métier de peintre au grand siècle ; Paris : Gallimard, 2004. OCLC 56821323
- Collections et collectionneurs dans la France du XVIIe siècle ; Paris : Flammarion, 1988. OCLC 19331396
- David témoin de son temps, Office du Livre, FribourgFribourgFribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...
, 1980 ISBN 2-85047-000-7 Reference - Tableaux pour le Trianon de marbre 1688-1714. ; Paris, La Haye, Mouton, 1967. OCLC 2323606
- Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717. ; Rouen. Musée des beaux arts, 1966. OCLC 2906632