Subject: Aesthetics, French -- Study and teaching -- 19th century -- Sources / Language: French / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1800">1800</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1849">1849</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Aesthetics, French -- Study and teaching -- 19th century -- Sources Language French Year 1800 to 1849

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of course planning materials, manuscripts for an illustrated treatise on art and design, speech drafts, and drawings of French professional designer and art teacher Claude-Henri Dufour (1766-1845), dating from the period during and following the French Revolution, related to an art course he developed and taught at l'École Centrale d'Allier in the Auvergne region of central France. Dufour's writings depict an ardent republican who promoted the value of design education for artists during the Industrial Revolution and early years of industrial design. Course materials cover elements of design and perspective, anatomy and proportion of the human figure, aesthetics, composition, and ornamental design, as well as touch on architecture and natural history.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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