France in the Golden Age
Author: Pierre Rosenberg
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 0870992953
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France in the Golden Age
Author: Pierre Rosenberg
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 415
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrench Painting in the Golden Age
Author: Christopher Allen
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780500203705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 17th century has always been considered the golden age - the grand siècle - of French culture. The reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV witnessed an unprecedented flowering of literature and philosophy, of music, architecture and art. The poetic history painting of Poussin, the landscapes of Claude Lorrain, the portraits of Philippe de Champaigne, and the celebratory art of Le Brun at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles were among its greatest achievements. Yet the subject-matter and formal conventions most prized at the time can make it difficult for the modern viewer to appreciate the artists’ aims and to judge success or failure. Thanks to new research, it is now possible to set the major figures within the framework of the concerns and theoretical debates of the grand siècle itself. Christopher Allen, one of the few authorities on the subject outside the French-speaking world, brilliantly enables us to see beyond mere form to the meanings the artists intended us to enjoy.
Revolutionary Paris and the Market for Netherlandish Art
Author: Darius A. Spieth
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017-11-06
Total Pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9004276750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings were aesthetic, intellectual, and economic touchstones in the Parisian art world of the Revolutionary era, but their importance within this framework, while frequently acknowledged, never attracted much subsequent attention. Darius A. Spieth’s inquiry into Revolutionary Paris and the Market for Netherlandish Art reveals the dominance of “Golden Age” pictures in the artistic discourse and sales transactions before, during, and after the French Revolution. A broadly based statistical investigation, undertaken as part of this study, shows that the upheaval reduced prices for Netherlandish paintings by about 55% compared to the Old Regime, and that it took until after the July Revolution of 1830 for art prices to return where they stood before 1789.
Artists and Amateurs
Author: Perrin Stein
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-10-29
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0300197004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014.
The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age
Author: Helmer J. Helmers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-08-31
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1316780325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic was transformed into a leading political power in Europe, with global trading interests. It nurtured some of the period's greatest luminaries, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Descartes and Spinoza. Long celebrated for its religious tolerance, artistic innovation and economic modernity, the United Provinces of the Netherlands also became known for their involvement with slavery and military repression in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. This Companion provides a compelling overview of the best scholarship on this much debated era, written by a wide range of experts in the field. Unique in its balanced treatment of global, political, socio-economic, literary, artistic, religious, and intellectual history, its nineteen chapters offer an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the world of the Dutch Golden Age.
Manet/Velázquez
Author: Gary Tinterow
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 1588390403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere approximately two hundred works by French and Spanish artists chart the development of this cultural influence and map a fascinating shift in the paradigm of painting, from Idealism to Realism, from Italy to Spain, from Renaissance to Baroque. Above all, these images demonstrate how direct contact with Spanish painting fired the imagination of nineteenth-century French artists and brought about the triumph of Realism in the 1860s, and with it a foundation for modern art."--BOOK JACKET.
A Kingdom of Images
Author: Peter Fuhring
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2015-06-18
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1606064509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce considered the golden age of French printmaking, Louis XIV’s reign saw Paris become a powerhouse of print production. During this time, the king aimed to make fine and decorative arts into signs of French taste and skill and, by extension, into markers of his imperialist glory. Prints were ideal for achieving these goals; reproducible and transportable, they fueled the sophisticated propaganda machine circulating images of Louis as both a man of war and a man of culture. This richly illustrated catalogue features more than one hundred prints from the Getty Research Institute and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, whose print collection Louis XIV established in 1667. An esteemed international group of contributors investigates the ways that cultural policies affected printmaking; explains what constitutes a print; describes how one became a printmaker; studies how prints were collected; and considers their reception in the ensuing centuries. A Kingdom of Images is published to coincide with an exhibition on view at the Getty Research Institute from June 18 through September 6, 2015, and at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris from November 2, 2015, through January 31, 2016.
Seventeenth-century Art & Architecture
Author: Ann Sutherland Harris
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781856694155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEncompassing the socio-political, cultural background of the period, this title takes a look at the careers of the Old Masters and many lesser-known artists. The book covers artistic developments across six countries and examines in detail many of the artworks on display.
