CAST IN BRONZE : FRENCH SCULPTURE FROM RENAISSANCE TO REVOLUTION

BRESC-BAUTIER, GENEVIÈVE

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ISBN:978-2-7572-0183-1
EAN:9782757201831
Editorial: SOMOGY
Fecha de la edición:2009
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:534
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Beginning in the sixteenth-century, a tradition of bronze sculpture developed in France that was influenced by achievements of the Italian Renaissance while manifesting its own distinct refinement and force. Even though French bronzes were among the glories of royal châteaux, including Versailles, and were always collected eagerly by connoisseurs, they have received relatively little scrutiny from scholars. This exhibition, the first to address the subject in many decades, displays approximately 120 of the finest statuettes, portrait busts, and monuments by masters such as Germain Pilon, Barthélemy Prieur, Michel Anguier, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Jean-Antoine Houdon. Seen together, they reveal the French genius for bronze from the late Renaissance through the times of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Accompanied by a catalogue. The exhibition is made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.