Paris Visual Académie as First Prototype Profession: Rethinking the Sociology of Professions

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-59

  Sciulli, David ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ancien r gime; art academies; French culture; professions; Talcott Parsons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846338854     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276407071567     Document Type: Article

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