Author: Charles Henry Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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Author: Anne L. Poulet
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226676470
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. Whether sculpting a head of state, an intellectual, or a young child, Houdon had an uncanny ability to capture the essence of his subject with a characteristic pose or expression. Yet until now, Houdon's exquisite sculptures have never been the subject of a major exhibition. This lavish exhibition catalogue will immediately take its rightful place as the definitive work on Houdon. With more than one hundred color plates and two hundred black and white halftones, Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment illustrates every stage of the sculptor's fascinating career, from his early portrayals of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to his stunning portraits of American patriots such as George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Indeed the images we hold dear of legendary Enlightenment figures like Diderot, Rousseau, d'Alembert, and Voltaire are based on works by Houdon. More than mere representations, these sculptures provide us fascinating, intimate glimpses into the very core of who these figures were. Houdon's genius animated even his less illustrious subjects, like his portraits of his family and friends, and filled his sculptures of children with delicacy and freshness. Accompanying the images of Houdon's masterworks are four insightful essays that discuss Houdon's views on art (based in part on a newly discovered manuscript written by the artist) as well as his prominence in the highly varied cultures of eighteenth-century France, Germany, and Russia. From aristocrats to revolutionaries, actors to philosophers, Houdon's amazingly vivid portraits constitute the visual record of the Enlightenment and capture the true spirit of a remarkable age. Jean-Antoine Houdon finally gives these gorgeous works their due.

Author: CHARLES HENRY. HART
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033290972
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Guilhem Scherf
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782757201220
Category : Portrait sculpture, French
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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"This book is an exhaustive catalogue of Houdon's works at the Louvre, we ... also consider sculptures done by the artist's studio, after Houdon, and also in his manner."--Preface.

Author: Charles Henry Hart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795022586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Charles Henry Hart
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498075121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

Author: Hjorvardur Harvard Arnason
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: Jean Antoine Houdon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Erika Naginski
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892369590
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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This volume explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment.

Author: Charles Henry HART (and BIDDLE (Edward) of Philadelphia.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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