TY - EJOUR A1 - Mirlo, Audrey TI - Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Argens critique d’art T2 - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France 3 – 2017, 117e année, n° 3. varia JO - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France (ISSN 2105-2689), 3, 3 – 2017 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07059-7.p.0055 SN - 2105-2689 SP - 55 EP - 67 AB - This article discusses two books, the Réflexions historiques et critiques sur le goût and l’Examen critique des différentes écoles de peinture, in order to carve a place for the author in the history of art criticism. An educated amateur, d’Argens insisted on the value of taste, which he understood as a natural feeling that is enhanced by technical knowledge. He drew comparisons between several European artists, with the aim of demonstrating that eighteenth-century France was every bit as good as Italy. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08/09 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens, eighteenth-century literature, art criticism, taste, amateur LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-d-histoire-litteraire-de-la-france-3-2017-117e-annee-n-3-varia-jean-baptiste-boyer-d-argens-critique-d-art-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/02 ER -