Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the EnlightenmentUniversity of Chicago Press, 2003 M07 15 - 384 páginas Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. Whether sculpting a head of state, an intellectual, or a young child, Houdon had an uncanny ability to capture the essence of his subject with a characteristic pose or expression. Yet until now, Houdon's exquisite sculptures have never been the subject of a major exhibition. This lavish exhibition catalogue will immediately take its rightful place as the definitive work on Houdon. With more than one hundred color plates and two hundred black and white halftones, Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment illustrates every stage of the sculptor's fascinating career, from his early portrayals of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to his stunning portraits of American patriots such as George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Indeed the images we hold dear of legendary Enlightenment figures like Diderot, Rousseau, d'Alembert, and Voltaire are based on works by Houdon. More than mere representations, these sculptures provide us fascinating, intimate glimpses into the very core of who these figures were. Houdon's genius animated even his less illustrious subjects, like his portraits of his family and friends, and filled his sculptures of children with delicacy and freshness. Accompanying the images of Houdon's masterworks are four insightful essays that discuss Houdon's views on art (based in part on a newly discovered manuscript written by the artist) as well as his prominence in the highly varied cultures of eighteenth-century France, Germany, and Russia. From aristocrats to revolutionaries, actors to philosophers, Houdon's amazingly vivid portraits constitute the visual record of the Enlightenment and capture the true spirit of a remarkable age. Jean-Antoine Houdon finally gives these gorgeous works their due. |
Contenido
Lenders to the Exhibition | 7 |
Preface and Acknowledgments Anne L Poulet 12 Note to the Reader | 12 |
ESSAYS | 15 |
Houdon Above All Modern Artists Guilhem Scherf | 27 |
A Recently Discovered Document by Houdon | 39 |
Serving the Francophile Princes Ulrike D Mathies | 41 |
Houdons Dealings with Russia Christoph Frank | 51 |
CATALOGUE | 59 |
Decorative Sculpture | 210 |
American Patriots | 246 |
The Courts of Europe | 279 |
Late Works | 309 |
Boillys Paintings | 340 |
Abbreviated Chronology of Houdons Life and Work Monique Barbier translated and edited by Anne L Poulet | 347 |
Etat des choses renfermées dans les caisses envoyées à son Altesse Monseigneur le Duc de Saxe Gotha | 355 |
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Early Works | 62 |
Figures in the Arts | 96 |
Family and Friends | 131 |
Enlightenment Figures | 141 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment Anne L. Poulet,Mus Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment Anne L. Poulet,Mus Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |
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Académie royale Arnason artist Bâtiments du Roi Berlin Bibliothèque Boilly bronze Buffon bust cachet de l'atelier cast catalogue Catherine Catherine II château cm Inscribed cm with base collection Comédie-Française commission comte copy d'Alembert d'Angiviller Deloynes Diana Diderot Ecorché empress engraving Ernst executed fait figure française France Franklin French Frileuse Gallery Giacometti 1929 Gotha Grimm head Houdon exhibited houdon f Houdon's bust Houdon's studio Jean Jean-Antoine Houdon Jefferson Lafayette letter littéraire livres Louis XVI Louvre cat Lupercalia marble marble base marble bust marbre medal Mémoires Miromesnil Molière monument Musée du Louvre Museum of Art Orléans Paris plaster bust plâtre posthumous sale Prince proper right Réau Rheinsberg Rome Rousseau Russia Saint Bruno Salon Salon cat Saxe-Gotha Schlossmuseum Gotha sculpture Signature on cat sitter Sophie Arnould statue terracotta tête Versailles view of cat Vitry Voltaire Washington white marble
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