An edition of Iconologie par figures (1791)
Iconologie par figures
ou, Traité complet des allégories, emblêmes, etc. Ouvrage utile aux artistes, aux amateurs, et peuvent servir à l'éducation des jeunes personnes
By Hubert François Gravelot,Charles Nicolas Cochin,Charles-Etienne Gaucher
Publish Date
1791
Publisher
Lattré graveur
Language
fre
Pages
312
Description:
This book is one of the most eminent examples of iconology in revolutionary France. Published in 1791, two years after Frenc Revolution, takes elements from Ripa´s Iconology in a new context: the birth of Republican Age in Europe. The complete work is the result of a colaborative labor of the french artist François Boucher, the engravings of Gravelot and the simbols compilation due to Cochin
subjects: Symbolism in art, Emblems in art, Iconology in 18th Century, Allegories, Early works to 1800, Emblems
People: Hubert-François Gravelot, Charles-Nicolas Cochin
Places: Paris
Times: French Revolution