Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie Antoinette - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300093292 ISBN 13: 9780300093292

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 256 pages; Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Catalog of an itinerant exhibition. Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-244) and index. Subjects: Vallayer-Coster, Anne (1744-1818) --Still-life painting, French --Women artists --France --History --Exhibitions. Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was one of the most talented still-life painters of the French school. Her exquisite paintings, today located in some of the world's finest museums, were admired and collected by many of her contemporaries, including Marie Antoinette, who became the artist's most important patron. This lavishly illustrated book, the first devoted to Vallayer-Coster in over 30 years, presents a stunning array of the artist's still-life works, many of which have never before been reproduced in color. Recently rediscovered works, including three royal portraits from the collection of Versailles and a hitherto unknown pastel of Marie Antoinette, are published here for the first time. The authors draw on the most current research to examine Vallayer-Coster's relationship with landscape painter Joseph Vernet; her response to her immediate predecessor, still-life painter Jean-Simeon Chardin; her role with contemporary collectors of her art; and her place in the larger context of the eighteenth-century art world. The book also includes new archival and conservation findings and an illustrated index of extant paintings by Vallayer-Coster.

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Reseña del editor:

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was one of the most talented still-life painters of the French school. Her exquisite paintings, today located in some of the world's finest museums, were admired and collected by many of her contemporaries, including Marie Antoinette, who became the artist's most important patron. This illustrated volume is devoted to Vallayer-Coster. It presents an array of the artist's still-life works, along with three royal portraits from the collection of Versailles and a pastel of Marie Antoinette. The authors draw on research to examine Vallayer-Coster's relationship with landscape painter Joseph Vernet; her response to her immediate predecessor, still-life painter Jean-Simeon Chardin; her role with contemporary collectors of her art; and her place in the larger context of the 18th-century art world. The work also includes archival and conservation findings and an illustrated index of extant paintings by Vallayer-Coster.

Biografía del autor:

Eik Kahng is associate curator of 18th- and 19th-century European art at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Marianne Roland Michel is a leading expert of 18th-century French painting and author of the 1970 monograph on Vallayer-Coster.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0300093292
• ISBN 13: 9780300093292
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Kahng Eik, Michel Marianne Roland