Eighteenth-century French Drawings in New York Collections
Author : Perrin Stein
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Drawing
ISBN : 0870998927
Author : Perrin Stein
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Drawing
ISBN : 0870998927
Author : Katharine Baetjer
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,10 MB
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588396614
This publication catalogues The Met’s remarkable collection of eighteenth-century French paintings in the context of the powerful institutions that governed the visual arts of the time—the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, the Académie de France à Rome, and the Paris Salon. At the height of their authority during the eighteenth century, these institutions nurtured the talents of artists in all genres. The Met’s collection encompasses stunning examples of work by leading artists of the period, including Antoine Watteau (Mezzetin), Jean Siméon Chardin (The Silver Tureen), François Boucher (The Toilette of Venus), Joseph Siffred Duplessis (Benjamin Franklin), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Broken Eggs), Hubert Robert (the Bagatelle decorations), Jacques Louis David (The Death of Socrates), the Van Blarenberghes (The Outer Port of Brest), and François Gérard (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord). In the book’s introduction, author Katharine Baetjer provides a history of the Académie, its establishment, principles, and regulations, along with a discussion of the beginnings of public art discourse in France, taking us through the reforms unleashed by the Revolution. The consequent democratizing of the Salon, brought about by radicals under the leadership of Jacques Louis David, encouraged the formation of new publics with new tastes in subject matter and genres. The catalogue features 126 paintings by 50 artists. Each section includes a short biography of the artist and in-depth discussions of individual paintings incorporating the most up-to-date scholarship.
Author : Perrin Stein
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588396010
One of the most forward-looking artists of the eighteenth century, Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was a virtuoso draftsman whose works on paper count among the great achievements of his time. This book showcases Fragonard's mastery and experimentation in a range of media, from vivid red chalk to luminous brown wash, as well as etching, watercolor, and gouache. With essays that focus on the role of drawing in his creative process and provide a modern reevaluation of his graphic work, the book offers fresh perspectives on this innovative and independent artist, who began his career in the Rococo era but lived through and adapted to changing times in France, and who chose to leave the more defined path of official patronage in order to work for private clients. Unlike many earlier painters who used drawings primarily as preparatory tools, Fragonard explored their potential as works of art in their own right, ones that permitted him to work with great freedom and allowed his genius to shine. The 100 featured works come from New York collections, public and private, balancing a mix of well-loved masterpieces, new discoveries, and works that have long been out of the public eye. Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant illuminates the approach of a ceaselessly inventive artist whose draftsmanship was at the core of his remarkable body of work.
Author : Jean de Cayeux
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1971
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Drawing
ISBN : 0870994638
Author : Melissa Percival
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1351566792
A fresh interpretation of the group of Fragonard?s paintings known as the ?figures de fantaisie?, Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure: Painting the Imagination reconnects the fantasy figures with neglected visual traditions in European art and firmly situates them within the cultural and aesthetic contexts of eighteenth-century France. Prior scholarship has focused on the paintings? connections with portraiture, whereas this study relocates them within a tradition of fantasy figures, where resemblance was ignored or downplayed. The book defines Fragonard as a painter of the imagination and foregrounds the imaginary at a time when Enlightenment rationalism and Classical aesthetics contrived to delimit the imagination. The book unravels scholarly writing on these Fragonard paintings and examines the history of the fantasy figure from early modern Europe to eighteenth-century France. Emerging from this background is a view of Fragonard turning away from the academically sanctioned ?invention?, towards more playful variants of the imaginary: fantasy and caprice. Melissa Percival demonstrates how fantasy figures engage both artists and viewers, allowing artists to unleash their imagination through displays of virtuosity and viewers to use their imagination to explore the paintings? unusual juxtapositions and humour.
Author : Musée des beaux-arts du Canada (Ottawa)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 12,5 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 : Martin Calder
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783039102914
This volume brings together the papers presented at a conference entitled 'Experiencing the Garden in the Eighteenth Century', held at the Institute of Romance Studies, Senate House, University of London on 13 March 2004. Speakers came from Europe, the United States and New Zealand, and each gave a very different perspective on the eighteenth-century landscape garden in England, France and elsewhere in Europe. The papers focused on the theme of experience, an especially important aspect of eighteenth-century garden design. Landscape gardens were created for visitors to move through on a journey from one place to the next: the garden would not be seen all at once, but would be experienced as a story unfolding. The visitor would follow a circuit around the garden, moving from light to shade, being given suggestive prompts with statues, temples and viewpoints, as if on a sensory, emotional and intellectual journey.
Author : W.M. Brady & Co
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Drawing
ISBN :
Author : Linda Horvitz Roth
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
The definitive catalog of this important collection