Author : Pierre Rosenberg
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,31 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher : National Gallery Catalogues
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN :
The impressive collection of 18th-century French paintings at the National Gallery, London, includes important works by Boucher, Chardin, David, Fragonard, Watteau, and many others. This volume presents over seventy detailed and extensively illustrated entries that expand our understanding of these paintings. Comprehensive research uncovers new information on provenance and on the lives of identified portrait sitters. Humphrey Wine explains the social and political contexts of many of the paintings, and an introductory essay looks at the attitude of 18th-century Britons to the French, as well as the market for 18th-century French paintings then in London salerooms. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Author : Pierre Rosenberg
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Classicism in art
ISBN : 0870992953
Author : Musée des beaux-arts du Canada (Ottawa)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300099460
Leading scholars shed light on the development of genre painting in this heavily illustrated volume.
Author : Esther Susan Bell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300218885
A beautiful volume that brings to light the forgotten Le Nain brothers, a trio of 17th-century French master painters who specialized in portraiture, religious subjects, and scenes of everyday peasant life In France in the 17th century, the brothers Antoine (c. 1598-1648), Louis (c. 1600/1605-1648), and Mathieu (1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their depictions of middle-class leisure activities, and particularly for their representations of peasant families, who gaze out at the viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions, along with their oddly suspended action, imparts a sense of dignity to their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting the artists' full range of production, including altarpieces, private devotional paintings, portraits, and the poignant images of peasants for which the brothers are best known, this generously illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship, dating, and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of the paintings, which constitutes a major contribution to the scholarship on the Le Nain brothers.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Classicism in art
ISBN : 1588392430
"The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes from mythology or the Bible. Yet he also created some of the most influential landscapes in Western art, endowing them with a poetic quality that has been admired by artists as different as Constable, Turner, and Ce;zanne. As the British critic William Hazlitt noted in 1844, 'This great and learned man might be said to see nature through the glass of time'. This beautiful catalogue presents the first in-depth examination of Poussin's landscapes. Featured here are more than 40 paintings, ranging from the artist's early Venetian-inspired pastorals to his grandly structured and austere works, designed as metaphors or allegories for the processes of nature. Also included are approximately 60 drawings and essays by internationally renowned scholars who examine the painter's visual, literary, and philosophical influences as well as his relationships with his patrons and his place in the art-historical canon."--Publisher description.
Author : Musee des Beaux Arts (Lille, France)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : 0870996495
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Publisher :
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : François Boucher
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 0810907437
A history of Francois Boucher (1703-1770), an originator of the Rococo style and one of the major French artists of the period. A general introduction is followed by essays on Boucher's early career, his impact on European art, his tapestry designs and his designs for Sevres porcelain.
Author : Peter C. Sutton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN :
Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), a Jewish Dutch art dealer, took over his father's gallery in 1919 and quickly made his presence felt. Introducing a more international thrust to the gallery and demonstrating a keen business acumen, Goudstikker became one of the most successful art dealers and tastemakers in Amsterdam between the Wars. He entertained lavishly and highlighted his wares in his country homes and gallery while also developing relationships with collectors and museums at home and abroad. Tragically, Goudstikker died in flight from the Nazis in 1940, and his enormous collection of art, including more than 1,200 Old Master and nineteenth-century paintings, was confiscated by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. Not until 2006 was a portion of this looted art returned to Goudstikker's heirs by the Dutch government. Featuring some 200 color illustrations, this book examines Goudstikker's legacy, reveals the dramatic story of the seizure of his art, and discusses the legal case that finally brought its restitution. Forty works from his collection are catalogued in full detail.
