Arthena or Association pour la Diffusion de l'Histoire de l'Art is a French company which regularly publishes

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

books and most particularly catalogues.

Members

President :

Pierre Rosenberg Pierre Max Rosenberg (born 13 April 1936) is a French art historian, curator, and professor. Rosenberg is the honorary president a director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and since 1995, he has held the 23rd seat of the Académie Française. H ...

of the Académie française, président-directeur honoraire du Musée du Louvre. * Direction : Christian Volle, Nicolas Lesur. *Scientific committee : Colin B. Bailey (Director, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco), Marco Chiarini (Former Director of the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence), Keith Christiansen (Curator of the European painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York),

Thomas W. Gaehtgens Thomas W. Gaehtgens (born June 24, 1940 in Leipzig) is a German art historian with special interest in French and German art and art history from the 18th to the 20th century. He was the founding director of the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschicht ...

(Director, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles), Michel Laclotte (président-directeur honoraire, Musée du Louvre, Paris), Alastair Laing (Curator Emeritus of Pictures & Sculptures, The National Trust, London), Anna Ottani Cavina (Professore di Storia dell'Arte, Università di Bologna. Direttore, Fondazione Federico Zeri), Nicholas Penny (Director, The National Gallery, London). (Former): Sir Anthony Blunt,

André Chastel André Chastel (15 November 1912, Paris – 18 July 1990, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French art historian, author of an important work on the Italian Renaissance. He was a professor at the Collège de France, where he held the chair of art and civil ...

, Francis Haskell, Robert Herbert,

Michel Laclotte Michel Laclotte (Saint Malo, France, 27 October 1929 – Montauban, 10 August 2021) was a French art historian and museum director, specialising in 14th and 15th century Italian and French painting. Early life and education Laclotte's father, ...

Robert Rosenblum Robert Rosenblum (July 24, 1927 – December 6, 2006) was an American art historian and curator known for his influential and often irreverent scholarship on European and American art of the mid-eighteenth to 20th centuries. Biography Rosenblum wa ...

Federico Zeri Federico Zeri (12 August 1921 – 5 October 1998) was an Italian art historian specialised in Italian Renaissance painting. He wrote for the Italian newspaper '' La Stampa'', and was a well known television-personality in Italy. Zeri was born i ...

. * Directors of Publication : Claire Barbillon (université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense), Olivier Bonfait (université de Bourgogne), Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Bruno Foucart, Jacques Foucart, Christine Gouzi (université Paris-Sorbonne), Christophe Leribault (Petit Palais - musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris), Stéphane Loire (musée du Louvre), Alain Mérot (université Paris-Sorbonne), Patrick Michel (université Lille 3 - Charles de Gaulle), Xavier Salmon (musée du Louvre), Guilhem Scherf (musée du Louvre), Philippe Sénéchal (université de Picardie - Jules Verne ; Institut national d'histoire de l'art). (Former): Jacques Foucart, Marianne Roland-Michel,

, Antoine Schnapper, Alain Mérot. * Previous Presidents : Alain Willk† (1977-1979), Alain Leclair (1979-1985), Pierre Vozlinsky† (1985-1994), Nicole Willk-Brocard (1994-2000) président d'honneur, Antoine Schnapper† (2000-2004).

List of publications

By date of publication * ''

François-Guillaume Ménageot François-Guillaume Ménageot (1744–1816) was a French painter of religious and French historical scenes. A pupil of François Boucher (1703–1770), he went on to win the Grand Prix de Rome and become a director of the French Academy in Ro ...

(1744-1816), Peintre d'histoire, directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome'', par Nicole Willk-Brocard, 1978, . (out of print) * ''La Peinture d'histoire en France de 1747 à 1785'', par Jean Locquin, 1978, . (out of print) * ''Jean-Simon Berthélemy, 1743-1811'', par Nathalie Volle, 1979, . (out of print) * ''Souvenirs d'un directeur des Beaux-Arts'', par Philippe de Chennevières, 1979, . * ''Les peintures de l'Opéra de Paris de Baudry à Chagall'', 1980, . * '' La Peinture Troubadour, deux artistes lyonnais,

Pierre Révoil Pierre Henri Révoil (12 June 1776 – 19 March 1842) was a French painter in the troubadour style. Biography He was born in Lyon. His father was a furrier. Although he was needed at home, his family allowed him to receive a proper education ...

, 1776-1842, Fleury-Richard, 1777-1852,'' par Marie-Claude Chaudonneret, 1980. . (out of print) * ''

Nicolas Bertin Nicolas Bertin (1667 in Paris – 1736) was a French painter. A student of Jean Jouvenet, Vernansal the elder and Louis Boullongne (1657–1733), Louis Boullongne, he won the prix de Rome in 1685 for ''"Construction of Noah's ark"''. He was admi ...

(1668-1736)'', par Thierry Lefrançois, 1981, . (out of print) * ''Robert Le Lorrain (1666-1743)'', par Michèle Beaulieu, 1982, . * ''

Pierre Peyron Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(1744-1814)'', par

et Udolpho van de Sandt, 1983, . * ''Lajoüe et l'Art Rocaille'', par Marianne Roland Michel, 1984, . * ''François Le Moyne and his generation (1688-1737)'', par Jean-Luc Bordeaux, 1985, . (out of print) * ''

Jacques Réattu Jacques Réattu (3 August 1760, Arles – 7 April 1833, Arles) was a French painter and winner of the grand prix de Rome. He was an illegitimate son of the painter Guillaume de Barrême de Châteaufort and Catherine Raspal, sister of the Arles-bo ...

(1760-1833), Peintre de la Révolution française'', par Katrin Simons, 1985, . * ''Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)'', par Marie-Nicole Boisclair, 1986, . (out of print) * ''Le renouveau de la peinture religieuse en France 1800-1860'', par Bruno Foucart, 1987, . (out of print) * ''

Eustache Le Sueur Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur (19 November 161730 April 1655) was a French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting. He is known primarily for his paintings of religious subjects. He was a leading exponent of the neoclas ...

(1616-1655)'', par Alain Mérot, 1987, . (out of print) * ''

Joseph-Marie Vien Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791. Biography He was born in Montpellier ...

(1716-1809)'', par Thomas W. Gaehtgens et Jacques Lugand, 1988, . * ''

Antoine Coypel Antoine Coypel (11 April 16617 January 1722) was a French painter, pastellist, engraver, decorative designer and draughtsman.Frères Goncourt, Collectionneurs de dessins'', par Élisabeth Launay, 1991, . * ''Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711)'', par Alain Roy, 1992, . * ''Giuseppe Cades (1750-1799), et la Rome de son temps'', par Maria Teresa Caracciolo, 1992, . * ''L’Atelier d’ Ingres'', par Amaury-Duval, présentation par Daniel Ternois, 1993, . * ''

Claude Vignon Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres.Paola Pacht Bassani. "Vignon, Claude." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 November ...

(1593-1670)'', par Paola Pacht Bassani, 1993,. (out of print) * '' Philippe-Auguste Hennequin (1762-1833)'', par Jérémie Benoit, 1994, . * ''Charles Coypel (1694 - 1752)'', par Thierry Lefrançois, 1994, . * ''Une dynastie : les Hallé'', ( Daniel Hallé, Claude Guy Hallé,

Noël Hallé Noël Hallé (2 September 1711, Paris – 5 June 1781, Paris) was a French painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was born into a family of artists, the son of Claude-Guy Hallé. Hallé took the Prix de Rome in 1736. He studied at the Fren ...

), par Nicole Willk-Brocard, 1995, . * ''Alexandre-Joseph Paillet, Expert et marchand de tableaux'', par JoLynn Edwards, 1996, . * ''Corneille de La Haye dit

Corneille de Lyon Corneille de Lyon (early 16th century – 8 November 1575 (buried)) was a Dutch painter of portraits who was active in Lyon, France, from 1533 until his death. In France and the Netherlands he is also still known as ''Corneille de La Haye'' ( n ...

(1500/1515-1575)'', par Anne Dubois de Groër, 1997, . * ''Charles Poerson (1609-1667)'', par Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Nicole de Reyniès, Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot, 1997, . * ''Les Watteau de Lille, Louis Watteau (1731-1798), François Watteau (1758-1823)'', par Gaëtane Maës, 1998, . * ''

Laurent Delvaux Laurent Delvaux (1696, in Ghent – 24 February 1778, in Nivelles) was a Flemish sculptor. After a successful international career that brought him to London and Rome, he returned to the Austrian Netherlands where he was a sculptor to the cour ...

(1696-1778)'', par Alain Jacobs, 1999, . * ''Napoléon : portraits contemporains'', par Gérard Hubert et Guy Ledoux-Lebard, 1999, . * ''

(1616-1655)'', par Alain Mérot, 2000, (réédition enrichie de celle de 1987), . * '' Jean Restout (1692-1768), peintre d'histoire à Paris'', par Christine Gouzi, 2000, . * ''Les Patel, Pierre Patel (1605-1676) et ses fils, le paysage de ruines à Paris au XVIIe siècle'',''Les Patel, Paysagistes du XVIIe siècle'', titre de la jaquette. par Natalie Coural, 2001, . * '' Louis-Jacques Durameau (1733-1796)'', par Anne Leclair, 2001, . * ''

Jean-François de Troy Jean-François de Troy (27 January 1679, Paris – 26 January 1752, Rome) was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer. One of France's leading history painters in his time, he was equally successful with his de ...

(1679 - 1752)'', par Christophe Leribault, 2002, . Prix du Syndicat National des Antiquaires pour le Livre d'Art. * ''Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1755 - 1830)'', par Claudine Lebrun Jouve, 2003, . * ''

Noël-Nicolas Coypel Noël-Nicolas Coypel (17 November 1690 – 14 December 1734) was a popular French artist. The son of Noël Coypel and half-brother to the more-famous painter Antoine Coypel Antoine Coypel (11 April 16617 January 1722) was a French pain ...

(1690-1734)'', par Jérôme Delaplanche, 2004, . * '' François du Quesnoy (1597 - 1643)'', par Marion Boudon-Machuel, 2005, . Prix du Syndicat National des Antiquaires pour le Livre d'Art. * ''Louis Bréa (ca.1450- ca.1523)'', par Claire-Lise Schwok, 2005, . (out of print) * '' Daniel Dumonstier (1574-1646)'', par Daniel Lecœur, 2006, . * ''

Joseph Parrocel Joseph Parrocel (3 October 1646 – 1 March 1704) was a French Baroque painter, best known for his paintings and drawings of battle scenes. He was born in Brignoles, into an artistic family that produced fourteen painters over six generations. H ...

(1646-1704). La nostalgie de l'héroïsme'', par Jérôme Delaplanche, 2006, . * ''

Nicolas Régnier Nicolas Régnier (1591–1667), known in Italy as Niccolò Renieri, was a painter, art dealer and art collector from the County of Hainaut, a French-speaking part of the Spanish Netherlands. He is often referred to as a Flemish artist because ...

, (ca.1588-1667)'', par Annick Lemoine, 2007, . Prix du Syndicat National des Antiquaires pour le Livre d'Art. * '' Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1475-1554)'', par Philippe Sénéchal, 2007, . * '' Charles Meynier (1763-1832)'', par Isabelle Mayer-Michalon, 2008, . * '' Jean-Baptiste Deshays (1729-1765)'', par André Bancel, 2008, . * ''

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (6 March 1714 – 15 May 1789) was a French painter, draughtsman and administrator. Life He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 17 ...

(1714-1789) Premier peintre du roi'', par Nicolas Lesur et Olivier Aaron, 2009, . * ''

Jean Jouvenet Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1 May 1644 – 5 April 1717) was a French painter, especially of religious subjects. Biography He was born into an artistic family in Rouen. His first training in art was from his father, Laurent Jouvenet; a generation ea ...

(1644-1717) et la peinture d'histoire à Paris'', par Antoine Schnapper, nouvelle édition complétée par Christine Gouzi, 2010 . * '' Pierre Jacques Volaire (1729 - 1799) dit le chevalier Volaire'', par Emilie Beck Saiello, 2010, . * '' Jacob van Loo (1614-1670)'', par David Mandrella, 2011, . * ''Portraits dessinés de la Cour des Valois - Les Clouet de

Catherine de Médicis Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King H ...

'', par Alexandra Zvereva, 2011, . * ''La Chapelle royale de Versailles - Le dernier grand chantier de

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ...

'', par Alexandre Maral, 2011, . * ''

Robert Nanteuil Robert Nanteuil (; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV. Life He was born in Reims in 1623,Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777)'', par Susanna Caviglia-Brunel, 2012, . * '' Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812)'', par Olivier Lefeuvre, 2012, . * '' Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777)'', par Susanna Caviglia-Brunel, 2012, (). * '' Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812)'', par Olivier Lefeuvre, 2012, (). * ''

Charles Errard Charles Errard the Younger (; 1606–25 May 1689) was a French painter, architect and engraver, co-founder and later director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. In 1666 Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert sent him to fo ...

(ca. 1601-1689) - La noblesse du décor'', par Emmanuel Coquery, 2013, (). * ''

François-André Vincent François-André Vincent (; 30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter. Biography Vincent was born in Paris in 1746, the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent. He studied under Joseph-Marie Vien and was ...

(1746-1816) - entre Fragonard et David'', par Jean-Pierre Cuzin, 2013, (). * ''La Peinture d'histoire en France (1860-1900)'', par Pierre Sérié, 2014, (). * ''

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (c. 1716 – 19 November 1783) was a French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels. Biography Perronneau was born in Paris. His exact date of birth is unknown, but posthumous accounts suggest tha ...

(1715-1783)'', par Dominique d'Arnoult, 2014, (). * ''

Bertholet Flémal Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614–1675) was a Liège Baroque painter. Biography The son of a glass painter, he was instructed in his art by Henri Trippet and Gerard Douffet successively. He visited Rome in 1638, and was invited ...

(1614-1675)'', par Pierre-Yves Kairis, 2015, (). * '' Francois Girardon Le Sculpteur de Louis XIV'' par Alexandre Maral, 2016 * '' Albert Bartholomé'' (à parâitre 2016) * ''La dynastie Barbedienne'' (à parâitre 2016) * ''

Jean-Bernard Restout Jean-Bernard Restout (22 February 1732 – 18 July 1797) was a French painter. Life Restout was born and died in Paris. A son of Jean II Restout and like him a member of the Académie de Rouen, he won the Prix de Rome in 1758 and was aggrega ...

'' (à parâitre 2016) * ''François Le Moyne and his generation'', 1688-1737, by Jean-Luc Bordeaux, 1985, . - the house's only work in English

Reviews and reception

* (27 August 2004), ''Noël-Nicolas Coypel 1690-1734''
Before speaking on the latest Arthéna book
* (25 September 2005), ''Photographies interdites'' :

* (30 July 2006), ''François du Quesnoy (1597-1643''

* (17 September 2006), ''A l'occasion d'une exposition organisée par le Musée Condé de Chantilly, les éditions Arthéna ont publié''

* ''Pour l’histoire de l’art en France'

d'Olivier Bonfait, Science advisor to the INHA: "In art history one cannot privilege the monograph view, but we must recognise that the quality of Arthena éditions and their editing of classic monographs of artists is not found anywhere else."

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