{"product_id":"9781848222342","title":"America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1815, Joseph, elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, arrived in America, bringing with him his vast and exquisite collection of eighteenth-century French painting, and a new American taste for eighteenth-century French painting was born.\u003ci\u003e America Collects Eighteenth-century French Painting\u003c\/i\u003e brings together some of the best and most unusual examples of this type of art that American museums have to offer, and tells their stories on a national stage. Who were the collectors, curators, museum directors and dealers responsible for bringing eighteenth-century French painting to America? Where are the paintings now? The book considers America's very real fascination with France in the eighteenth century: a staunch ally in the Revolutionary wars, a cultural and intellectual model for Franklin, Jefferson and other Americans abroad. It also looks at the way in which the cultural ideal of eighteenth-century France has continued to endure in the American imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ashgate Publishing, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057833689328,"sku":"9781848222342","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848222342_p0.jpg?v=1763750695","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848222342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}