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Noble Beasts: Hunters and Hunted in Eighteenth-Century French Art

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Availability:In StockContributor:Amy FreundPublish date:1/13/2026Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300282702ISBN-10:300282702UPC:9780300282702Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Movements, Subjects & Themes, EuropeanBook Topic:Baroque & Rococo, Plants & AnimalsSize:11.26 x 8.73 x 0.86 inchesWeight:2.7933Product ID:SC59R5MEFR

Noble Beasts: Hunters and Hunted in Eighteenth-Century French Art

How visual fantasies of violence, animality, and political agency offered an alternative image of masculinity during the Enlightenment

Centering on animal bodies and assertive masculinity, the visual strategies of hunting art may appear incongruent with our understanding of Rococo aesthetics and the early Enlightenment. But these themes, embraced with enthusiasm by artists and patrons, inspired...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300282702ISBN-10:300282702UPC:9780300282702Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Movements, Subjects & Themes, EuropeanBook Topic:Baroque & Rococo, Plants & AnimalsSize:11.26 x 8.73 x 0.86 inchesWeight:2.7933Product ID:SC59R5MEFR
Amy Freund is associate professor and Kleinheinz Family Endowment for the Arts and Education Endowed Chair in Art History at Southern Methodist University.
Publisher: Yale University Press

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