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 ...
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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.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2080305328. Text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessary for international shipping; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 464 pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2080305328. New-looking book, stiff and unmarked, in clean black cloth; in glossy dust jacket; 10.14 X 1.71 X 11.26 inches; 464 pages; 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.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First English language edition. Large quarto, cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean tight illustrated hardcover in jacket. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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