Academie Royale : A History in Portraits (Hardcover, New ed)

Contents: Introduction: face-to-face with the Academie Royale. Part I The Official Face: An institutional image: portrait of the artist as an academician; Rituals of initiation: becoming and being in the Academie; On the wall: portraits, spaces, and everyday encounters at the Academie. Part II The Unofficial Face: Bloodlines: portraits of family; Reciprocal acts: portraits of friendship; Facing off: portraits of rivalry. Epilogue: the end of an institution; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.