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The Learned Draftsman - Edme Bouchardon
Edouard Kopp
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Description for The Learned Draftsman - Edme Bouchardon
Hardback. "A narrative survey of the draftsmanship of the eighteenth-century French artist Edme Bouchardon"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 271 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1338.
One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth-century France,Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes (from copies after the antique to subjects of history and mythology, portraiture, anatomical studies, ornament, fountains and tombs), media (drawings, sculptures, medals, prints), and techniques (chalk, plaster, wax, terracotta, marble, bronze).With five essays by experts on Bouchardon's sculpture and graphic arts, more than ... Read more
One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth-century France,Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes (from copies after the antique to subjects of history and mythology, portraiture, anatomical studies, ornament, fountains and tombs), media (drawings, sculptures, medals, prints), and techniques (chalk, plaster, wax, terracotta, marble, bronze).With five essays by experts on Bouchardon's sculpture and graphic arts, more than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606065044
SKU
V9781606065044
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Ref
99-50
About Edouard Kopp
Edouard Kopp is the Maida and George Abrams Associate Curator of Drawings, Harvard Art Museums. He is the coauthor, with Scott Allan, of Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Theodore Rousseau (Getty Publications, 2016) and the author of Capturing Nature s Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes (Getty Publications, 2009). "
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