Author: INGLIS, ERIK
Title: Jean Fouquet and the invention of France : art and nation after the Hundred Years War / Erik Inglis
Description: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press 2011. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 280 pages; Physical description; xi. 280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. Contents; Curiosity and courtliness: the case of Jean Fouquet -- National identity in Fouquet's Grandes chroniques de France -- Picturing the French king -- Nation-building: the most excellent buildings of France -- 'Ornament of France': Fouquet as a French artist. Summary; 'Jean Fouquet was France's most important 15th-century artist. painting for the courts of Charles VII and Louis XI. His art synthesized the realistic style of Flemish arts like van Eyck with the monumentality of Florentines like Masaccio. Fouquet's work had a powerful appeal. shaping the next two generations of painters and introducing to the French a taste for Italian art. The first survey of Fouquet's work in English in nearly sixty years. this captivating book offers a major advance in scholarship about the artist and his far-reaching impact. Erik Inglis links Fouquet's style. iconography. and audience to explain how his art helped define French identity. a project of great importance for anxious courtiers in the wake of the Hundred Years War. Jean Fouquet and the Invention of France provides a new lens for looking at the century that saw the greatest changes in French art prior to Impressionism'-- Jean Fouquet was France's most important 15th-century artist. painting for the courts of Charles VII and Louis XI. His art synthesized the realistic style of Flemish arts like van Eyck with the monumentality of Florentines like Masaccio. Fouquet's work had a powerful appeal. shaping the next two generations of painters and introducing to the French a taste for Italian art. The first survey of Fouquet's work in English in nearly sixty years. this captivating book offers a major advance in scholarship about the artist and his far-reaching impact. Erik Inglis links Fouquet's style. iconography. and audience to explain how his art helped define French identity. a project of great importance for anxious courtiers in the wake of the Hundred Years War. Jean Fouquet and the Invention of France provides a new lens for looking at the century that saw the greatest changes in French art prior to Impressionism. Biography; Erik Inglis is Associate Professor of Art at Oberlin College in Ohio. Subjects; Fouquet. Jean approximately 1420-approximately 1480 - Criticism and interpretation. Fouquet. Jean approximately 1420-approximately 1480 - Influence. Fouquet. Jean ca. 1420-ca. 1480 - Influence. National characteristics. French. in art. Art. French - 15th century. Hundred Years' War. 1339-1453 - Social aspects - France. Painting. French - 15th century. Illumination of books and manuscripts. French.Weight in Kg appr.:

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