Whether applied to portrait, stately monuments, sculptures or religious artifacts, there is in France a very strong and very old tradition, combined to exceptional know-how, when it comes to using bronze as material. This craftsmanship reached its pinnacle between the XVIth and the XVIIIth century. This golden age of French bronze was fueled by a large number of commissions, and most notably royal ones. The result of extensive research by the world's best specialists of the subject, this book will whisk its readers for a ...
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Whether applied to portrait, stately monuments, sculptures or religious artifacts, there is in France a very strong and very old tradition, combined to exceptional know-how, when it comes to using bronze as material. This craftsmanship reached its pinnacle between the XVIth and the XVIIIth century. This golden age of French bronze was fueled by a large number of commissions, and most notably royal ones. The result of extensive research by the world's best specialists of the subject, this book will whisk its readers for a journey into the Great Century and the age of enlightenment, under the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI, to discover technical gems and sumptuous pieces from the world's leading institutions, such as the Louvre, the MET or The British royal collections.
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New/Sealed. Black cloth boards w/ illustrated dustjacket. 534 pages: illustrations (chiefly color). content as follows: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, Oct. 22, 2008-Jan. 19, 2009, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 24-May 24, 2009, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, June 30-Sept. 27, 2009. / Issued also in French, c2008, with title: Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des lumières. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-523) and index. cONTENTS AS FOLLOWS: The international taste for French bronze sculpture / Jonathan Marsden--French bronzes, 16th-18th centuries: notes on technique / Francesca G. Bewer, David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett--French bronzes from Renaissance to revolution: but are they bronze? / Jean-Marie Welter--From Mannerism to the affirmation of Classicism, 1540-1660. The art of bronze in France, 1500-1660 / Geneviève Bresc-Bautier--Barthélemy Prieur / Regina Seelig-Teuwen--From Henri IV to Louis XIII--The young Louis XIV, 1643-1661--Michel Anguier / Ian Wardropper--A major art under Louis XIV. Bronzes in the age of Louis XIV / Françoise de La Moureyre--From art casting to the dissemination of models: the role of founders in the 18th century / Odile Fouchy-Le Bras--Girardon and bronze / Françoise de La Moureyre--Girardon's collection--Hurtrelle and Lespingola--The monuments to Louis XIV / Françoise de La Moureyre--Portraits--Évrard Titon du Tillet and The French Parnassus / Alexandre Maral--Raymond Leplat's acquisitions of French bronzes for Augustus the Strong / Martina Minning--The age of enlightenment, from Rocaille to Neoclassicism. French bronzes in the 18th century / Guilhem Scherf--Paintings in metal / Robert Wenley--Philippe Bertrand / Jonathan Marsden--Corneille van Clève / Guilhem Scherf--Robert le Lorrain / Guilhem Scherf--The monuments to Louis XV / Guilhem Scherf--The second half of the 18th century--Jean-Antoine Houdon / Guilhem Scherf--Portraits--The revolutionary years.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book and dust jacket in excellent overall condition, with no markings. Bumping to bottom outer corners of boards/jacket. International/expedited shipping will require additional postage due to bulk.
