In 18th-century France, drawing was a celebrated medium and one of the principal measures of an artist’s skill and invention. ‘From Rococo to Revolution: 18th-Century French Drawings from Los Angeles Collections’ at the Getty Center examines the culture of drawing in the period, and traces its stylistic changes, from flamboyance to staid neoclassicism.
Click here for the curator’s introduction to the exhibition
‘From Rococo to Revolution: 18th-Century French Drawings from Los Angeles Collections’ is at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from 1 July−21 September.
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