L'esprit des beaux arts
L'esprit des beaux arts is a 1753 Paris treatise on aesthetics by Pierre Estève, published by C.J. Baptiste Bauche fils for readers of philosophy and the fine arts. Its pictures are small black printed ornaments: rococo cartouches, scrolls, rosettes and lattice fillers set in the text, with a designer able to borrow their symmetrical frames, lacy diaper patterns and compact decorative units for period-styled borders and panels.





