25- La Hiérarchie des Genres Picturaux

The 17th century in France saw the codification of a hierarchy of pictorial genres under the aegis of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. I invite you to explore this in this video. Unless otherwise created by me, the images are from Wikimedia Commons. Some sounds were created by me, but the others come from here: http://www.universal-soundbank.com/ Bibliography for further reading: André Félibien, Conferences of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, During the Year 1667, published in 1669, available online here: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1... François De Vergnette, Debates on the Hierarchy of Genres and on the Definition of Painting under the Restoration and the July Monarchy : http://hicsa.univ-paris1.fr/documents... Thomas Kirchner, The Necessity of a Hierarchy of Genres, 1997, online here: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ar... Jacqueline Lichtenstein, Painting, Larousse, Paris, 1995.