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Sculpture and Enlightenment BTS Books and Games decoding the key terms ofErika Naginski This pioneering book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth century France. As royal and ecclesiastical authority waned under the rule of Louis XV, there emerged nascent democratic institutions, a new metaphysics, and a radical political consciousnessa paradigm shift that profoundly marked the forms that commemorative sculpture and architecture took. As a French Catholic heritage gave way to more civic minded and