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The French Academy of Sciences Expedition to Spanish America, 1735-1744
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Creating a Female History Painter: Vigée-Lebrun, Labille-Guiard, Mongez, and the French Academy
… considered the most elite group within the French Academic system. In the process, I discuss Vigée-Lebrun’s reception pieces for the Académie Royale in 1783; Labille-Guiard’s commission for a painting illustrating a member of the royal family in 1788; and finally, Mongez, who was one of the …
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Painting for the Eye: Carle Vanloo's Drunken Silenus and the 18th Century French Academy
… Vanloo’s Drunken Silenus and the 18th Century French Academy Chairperson: Dr. Valerie Hedquist In 1747, newly appointed Directeur general des Bâtiments du Roi, Charles – François Le Normand de Tournehem organized a concours, or competition, in the French Royal Academy. He hoped to reinvigorate …
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Painting for the Eye: Carle Vanloo's Drunken Silenus and the 18th Century French Academy
… Vanloo’s Drunken Silenus and the 18th Century French Academy Chairperson: Dr. Valerie Hedquist In 1747, newly appointed Directeur general des Bâtiments du Roi, Charles – François Le Normand de Tournehem organized a concours, or competition, in the French Royal Academy. He hoped to reinvigorate …
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Dynamics of prescriptivism and lexical borrowings in Contemporary French
… perceived as a source of negative influence on French. Terminological commissions working under the supervision of the Académie française and the Office québécois de la langue française are tasked to replace foreign words and expressions with French terminology that is mandatory in all …