Download or read book Cast in Bronze written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the bronze sculpture produced in France from the 16th to 18th centuries. Works by major sculptors such as Goujon, Pilon, Prieur, Anguier, Puget, Girardon, Desjardins, Coysevox, Le Loraain, Bertrand, Cafferi, Pigalle, and Houdon represent a spectacular phase of French art and history ranging from the Renaissance through Neoclassicism up to the French Revolution.
Download or read book An Introduction to Nineteenth Century French Bronze Sculpture written by Daphne Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1977* with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bronzes to Bullets written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text tells the story of French statues and monuments that were melted down and shipped to Nazi munitions factories during the Second World War.
Download or read book French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes written by J. Paul Getty Museum and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its provenance and published history, as well as its construction, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this volume is the definitive catalogue of the Getty Museum's collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of French decorative arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Cast in Bronze French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Bronze 1500 to 1800 written by M. Knoedler & Co and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Bronzes in the Wallace Collection written by Robert Wenley and published by Paul Holberton Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Wallace Collection has long been celebrated for its outstanding array of French 17th and 18th century works of art." "This publication features over fifty of the finest French bronzes in the Wallace Collection, all of them reproduced in colour, mostly for the first time. Besides a selection of statuettes, which form the greater part of the individual entries, there are examples of relief plaques, vases, ecclesiastical statuary and portrait busts. Each entry is further illustrated by images of related works of art. There are introductory essay on the History of the French Bronze Statuette to c.1815; on the Taste of the Founders of the Wallace Collection for French Bronzes; and on the Techniques of Casting and Finishing French Bronze Statuettes c.1565-c.1815. A brief Bibliography and Biographies of the principal sculptors and craftsmen mentioned are also included." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book French Bronze Clocks 1700 1830 written by Elke Niehüser and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful gold and bronze pendulum clocks not only tell time but also depict sculptures of Greek and Roman mythology, American Indians, and African figures. The symbolism of the figures is explained to reflect nearly-lost allegories that were well known 150 years ago. Over 200 color and many black and white photos display these fabulous clocks. An important additional feature is a visual directory of 1365 bronze clocks with bibliographic references that will hertofore make researching the field much more efficient.
Download or read book Cast in Bronze written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Communications and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monument Man written by Harold Holzer and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) is America's best-known sculptor of public monuments Monument Man is the first comprehensive biography of this fascinating figure and his illustrious career. Full of rich detail and beautiful archival photographs, Monument Man is a nuanced study of a preeminent artist whose evolution ran parallel to, and deeply influenced, the development of American sculpture, iconography, and historical memory. Monument Man was specially commissioned by Chesterwood / National Trust for Historic Preservation. The release will coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Chesterwood, his country home and studio, as a public site and with a major renovation of the Lincoln Memorial. The book includes a comprehensive geographical guide to French's public work.
Download or read book Looking at European Sculpture written by Jane Bassett and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in the production of postclassical European sculpture. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum - most of them in color - this volume will be indispensable to all readers wishing to increase their enjoyment and understanding of European sculpture.
Download or read book Art Nouveau The Essential Reference written by Carol Belanger Grafton and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color and black-and-white works by virtually every key artist of the Art Nouveau movement, including Mucha, Seguy, Beardsley, and Verneuil. Includes material from rare books, portfolios, and major periodicals, plus bibliographies and artist biographies.
Download or read book Erte written by Jean Tibbetts and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture written by Daniel Cady Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nineteenth Century French and Western European Sculpture in Bronze and Other Media written by Mark Kamine and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Wilkes Collection of Nineteenth century French Sculpture written by Nicholas Penny and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
