 | Crowning Glories: Netherlandish Realism and the French Imagination during the Reign of Louis XIV Subjects: Louis XIV King of France 1638–1715 -- Art patronage; Arts French -- 17th century; Painting Dutch -- 17th century -- Influence; Painting Flemish -- 17th century -- Influence; Realism in art -- History -- 17th century; Art and society -- France -- Hist; Examining cultural production during the reign of Louis XIV, Crowning Glories brings together the role of the arts in the monarchy's propaganda wars, the significance of Netherlandish realism in France, and the rise of empiricism in the early modern period. Stone Harriet : Harriet Stone is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. |
