From the successive French invasions of Italy to the declining years of the `Sun King` this volume surveys the architecture, painting and sculpture of two centuries in which France seized the lead in Europe and Paris replaced Rome as the artistic capital.. "This new edition of one of the classics of the Pelican History of Art series has been revised and updated with colour illustrations and a new bibliography.
This chronologically arranged history examines 200 years of French art when France replaced Rome as artistic capital of Europe.