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Painting as a Way of Life: Philosophy and Practice in French Art, 1620-1660

Painting as a Way of Life: Philosophy and Practice in French Art, 1620-1660

Neer, Richard

Hardcover

Art Criticism & TheoryArt History

ISBN10: 0226835499
ISBN13: 9780226835495
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Apr 7 2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 2.99
Height: 1.30 Width: 7.30 Depth: 10.40
Language: English
Neer uncovers a key moment in the history of early modern art, when painting was understood to be a tool for self-transformation and for living a philosophical life.

In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer shows how French painters of the seventeenth century developed radically new ways to connect art, perception, and ethics. Cutting across traditional boundaries of classicism and realism, Neer addresses four case studies: Nicolas Poussin, renowned for marrying ancient philosophy and narrative painting; Louise Moillon, who pioneered French still life in the 1630s; Georges de La Tour, a painter of intense and introspective nocturnes; and the Brothers Le Nain, specialists in genre and portraiture who inspired Courbet, Manet, and other painters of modern life. Setting these artists in dialogue with Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, and others, ranging from the studios of Rome to the streets of Paris, this book provides fresh accounts of essential artworks--some well-known, others neglected--and new ways to approach the relation of art, theory, and daily life.

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