Le Goût de Diderot. Greuze, Chardin, Falconet, David... Histoire Bulletin n°2/2003

Bulletin n°2/2003

“Life in the four corners of the world” collection

the fratricidal fate of Oedipus's sons

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Le Goût de Diderot. Greuze, Chardin, Falconet, David... Histoire Bulletin n°2/2003In 1759, at the request of his friend Grimm, Diderot was entrusted with the task of writing reports on the Salons, exhibitions organized by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the Louvre Palace. These writings, published in the Correspondance littraire, were admired by many 19th century writers and critics. On the occasion of the commemoration of the tercentenary of the philosopher's birth, this work offers a synthesis of recent research on