{"product_id":"2026100010948-secondhand-france-a-history-in-art","title":"France: A History In Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the golden halls of Versailles to the revolutionary ferment of the barricades, France: A History in Art presents a sweeping visual chronicle of one of the world's most culturally rich nations, tracing its story through the masterworks of painters, sculptors, and illuminators across the centuries. With an authoritative introduction by Pierre Rosenberg of The Louvre, this volume marshals an extraordinary range of artistic treasures — from medieval tapestries and Renaissance portraiture to Impressionist landscapes and modernist breakthroughs — to illuminate the forces that shaped French civilisation, its monarchies, its revolutions, and its enduring genius.\n\nBradley Smith, renowned for his ability to wed art historical scholarship with accessible, vivid prose, argues that no nation has so consistently expressed its identity through artistic production as France, and the evidence assembled here is overwhelming. Each image is carefully contextualised within its historical moment, so that a royal portrait becomes a window into dynastic ambition, and a pastoral canvas reveals the anxieties of an industrialising age. This is a volume that rewards both the casual admirer and the serious student of European culture — one that leaves the reader wondering which came first: France's history, or the art that made it immortal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609673830619,"sku":"2026100010948-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e88084af-e984-4f05-8a83-758e77e2e1fa.png?v=1791764476","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010948-secondhand-france-a-history-in-art","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}