The Eloquence of Color: Rhetoric and Painting in the French Classical Age by Jacqueline Lichtenstein

The Eloquence of Color: Rhetoric and Painting in the French Classical Age

Jacqueline Lichtenstein

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But in the 17th century, the image suddenly becomes an essential agent of thought. Rhetorical color is revalued along with color in painting, with cosmetics, and with all that belonged to the feminine, as a sensual force necessary to reconcile re...

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