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Tells the story of the École des Beaux Arts and its profound influence on late seventeenth-, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European visual culture. It features 208 art works from the École’s collection, including works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David.
Accompanies a major travelling exhibition with the following venues: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK, June 21–September 14, 2014; Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, NM, October 12, 2014–January 4, 2015; The Baker Museum, Naples, FL, February 19–May 17, 2015; Portland Art Museum, OR, June 13–September 13, 2015.
"This glossy catalogue of paintings, drawings and sculptures from Paris’s École des Beaux-Arts examines its fundamental influence upon Western art during the late 17th, 18th and 19th century"—Justin Postlethwaite & Florence Derrick, France Today
"A visual and informative delight for all who are interested in painting, drawing and sculpture"–Tim Forrest's E & A blog
Emmanuelle Brugerolles is Chief Curator of Drawings at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Patricia Mainardi is Professor Emerita, Doctoral Program in Art History, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Essay by Emmanuel Schwartz on the History and curriculum of the Academy and the École and their wider historical impact
Essay by Emmanuelle Brugerolles on the formation of the drawings collections
Essay by Patricia Mainardi on the lasting influence of classicism in western art and culture
Main catalogue section containing 208 entries
Bibliography, glossary and index