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From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was the centre of the Parisian art world. Taking the reader behind the scenes of this elite bastion of French art theory, education, and practice, this engaging study uncovers the fascinating histories - official and unofficial - of that artistic community. Through an innovative approach to portraits - their values, functions, and lives as objects - this book explores two faces of the Académie. Official portraits grant us insider access to institutional hierarchies, ideologies, rituals, customs, and everyday experiences in the Académie's Louvre apartments. Unofficial portraits in turn reveal hidden histories of artists' personal relationships: family networks, intimate friendships, and bitter rivalries. Drawing on both art-historical and anthropological frames of analysis, this book offers insightful interpretations of portraits read through and against documentary evidence from the archives to create a rich story of people, places, and objects. Theoretically informed, rigorously researched, and historically grounded, this book sheds new light on the inner workings of the Académie. Its discoveries and compelling narrative make an invaluable and accessible contribution to our understanding of this pre-eminent European institution and the social lives of artists in early modern Paris. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Face-to-Face with the Académie Royale Notes PART I: THE OFFICIAL FACE 1 An Institutional Image: Portrait of the Artist as an Academician Institutional Beginnings Evolution of the Morceau-de-Réception Portrait Institutional Ideologies and Iconographies An Official history in Official Portraits Notes 2 Rituals of Initiation: Becoming and Being in the Académie Art-historical ‘Field Notes’ Getting into the Académie The Agréé and the Réception The Académicien An Academic Rite of Passage Portraits of Becoming and Being Notes 3 On the Wall: Portraits, Spaces, and Everyday Encounters at the Académie The louvre: Site and Space Behind the Scenes in the Académie’s Apartments Encounters with Portraits The Room of Portraits Notes PART II: THE UNOFFICIAL FACE 4 Bloodlines: Portraits of Family Institutional Relations: Family in the Académie Fathers and Sons: The Coypel Dynasty Brothers, Sisters, Uncles, and Nephews: The Van loo Ménage Academic In-laws: Nattier and Tocqué Notes 5 Reciprocal Acts: Portraits of Friendship Champaigne and Plattemontagne: Self and Other Rigaud, edelinck, and Drevet: A Network of Friends Greuze and Wille: A Failed Friendship La Tour and Lemoyne Again: Possible Conclusions Notes 6 Facing Off: Portraits of Rivalry An Institutional Rivalry: lebrun versus Mignard Rivalry Made Good: Rigaud versus largillière Institutional Rivalry Returns Rivalry and the Critics: La Tour versus Perronneau Rivalling the Other: The Salons of the 1780s Notes Epilogue: The End of an Institution Notes APPENDICES Appendix 1: Portraits submitted as morceaux de réception (1648–1793) Appendix 2: Inventory of portraits in the salle des portraits (c.1794) Appendix 3: Self-portraits exhibited at the Salons (1673–1793) Bibliography Index "From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was the centre of the Parisian art world. Taking the reader behind the scenes of this elite bastion of French art theory, education, and practice, this engaging study uncovers the fascinating histories - official and unofficial - of that artistic community. Through an innovative approach to portraits - their values, functions, and lives as objects - this book explores two faces of the Académie. Official portraits grant us insider access to institutional hierarchies, ideologies, rituals, customs, and everyday experiences in the Académie's Louvre apartments. Unofficial portraits in turn reveal hidden histories of artists' personal relationships : family networks, intimate friendships, and bitter rivalries. Drawing on both art-historical and anthropological frames of analysis, this book offers insightful interpretations of portraits read through and against documentary evidence from the archives to create a rich story of people, places, and objects.0Theoretically informed, rigorously researched, and historically grounded, this book sheds new light on the inner workings of the Académie. Its discoveries and compelling narrative make an invaluable and accessible contribution to our understanding of this pre-eminent European institution and the social lives of artists in early modern Paris."--Page [i] From Its Establishment In 1648 Until Its Disbanding In 1793 After The French Revolution, The Académie Royale De Peinture Et De Sculpture Was The Centre Of The Parisian Art World. Taking The Reader Behind The Scenes Of This Elite Bastion Of French Art Theory, Education, And Practice, This Engaging Study Uncovers The Fascinating Histories - Official And Unofficial - Of That Artistic Community. Introduction: Face-to-face With The Académie Royale -- The Official Face. An Institutional Image: Portrait Of The Artist As An Academician -- Rituals Of Initiation: Becoming And Being In The Académie -- On The Wall: Portraits, Spaces, And Everyday Encounters -- At The Académie -- The Unofficial Face. Bloodlines: Portraits Of Family -- Reciprocal Acts: Portraits Of Friendship -- Facing Off: Portraits Of Rivalry -- Epilogue: The End Of An Institution. Hannah Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.