Author: LOYRETTE, HENRI [ED.]
Title: Nineteenth century French art : from Romanticism to Impressionism, post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau / Henri Loyrette, general editor ; Sebastien Allard and Laurence des Cars
Description: Paris New York : Flammarion 2007. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 463 pages; 463 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. Subjects: Art. French -- 19th century. Originally published in French as L'Art du XIXe siecle. part V of L'art francais. c2006. Summary: Almost twenty years after the creation of the Musee d’Orsay. the 19th century seems more than ever to be the “Golden Age” of French art. It boasts names such as Ingres and Delacroix. Manet and Puvis de Chavannes. Gustave Eiffel and Charles Garnier. French art became a universally accepted benchmark. spreading the discoveries of Impressionism. the Haussmann models. and the daring of art nouveau far beyond its borders. and receiving in return. in the form of the countless artists who flocked to its hub. numerous influences from abroad. Other key movements associated with the19th century include Romanticism; Neo-Classicism. Orientalism. and Japonisme; Realism; the Barbizon School and plein-air painting; Neo-Impression. Cloissonism. and the Nabis; and Symbolism.This complete. chronological history is illustrated by more than 400 illustrations and covers painting. sculpture. and architecture. as well as the advent of photography. its impact on painting. and its emergence as an art form of its own.Weight in Kg appr.:

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