Critical theory, by Thomas E. Crow, "examines how the ambitions of artists in eighteenth-century France were affected by public opinions about the arts—the tastes of the art critics, of the state, and of the crowds who visited art salons. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, September 12 - December 13, 2004. Traveled to the Dallas Museum of Art, January 14 - April 3, 2005; and to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 23 - October 16, 2005. ... [details]
