which will no doubt stimulate further interest in the material and visual cultures of this fascinating period

from collectors

recently published by the Getty Conservation Institute

and bibliography

and Dutch authors schooled in the conventions of neoclassicism

Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment for the gardener which will no doubt stimulateAnne Lise Desmas, douard Kopp, Guilhem Scherf, and Juliette Trey One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth century France, Edme Bouchardon (16981762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes