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Bouchardon - Royal Artist of the Enlightenment
Edouard Kopp
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Description for Bouchardon - Royal Artist of the Enlightenment
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 308 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2832.
One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth-century France, Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes (from copies after the antique to subjects of history and mythology, portraiture, anatomical studies, ornament, fountains and tombs), media (drawings, sculptures, medals, prints), and techniques (chalk, plaster, wax, terracotta, marble, bronze). This lavishly illustrated publication represents an unprecedented ... Read more
One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth-century France, Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes (from copies after the antique to subjects of history and mythology, portraiture, anatomical studies, ornament, fountains and tombs), media (drawings, sculptures, medals, prints), and techniques (chalk, plaster, wax, terracotta, marble, bronze). This lavishly illustrated publication represents an unprecedented ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
2832g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606065068
SKU
V9781606065068
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About Edouard Kopp
Anne-Lise Desmas is curator and head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Edouard Kopp is the Maida and George Abrams Associate Curator of Drawings at the Harvard Art Museums. Guilhem Scherf is chief curator in the Department of Sculpture at the Louvre. Juliette Trey is curator in the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Bouchardon - Royal Artist of the Enlightenment
With illustrations of excel-lent quality. Bouchardon is well served by this fine catalogue which, with its comprehensive survey of the life and work, should win new admirers for this innovative and most interesting artist.
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