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Rubens' Life of Marie de Medici

Thuillier, Jacques

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) is considered one of the great masters of French painting. His diverse works portray subjects from a range of social classes, in varying emotional states, with unwavering perspicacity. He has, however, remained an enigmatic figure, largely overlooked by scholars until the start of this century. The original hardcover edition of this book, published by Flammarion in 1993, was welcomed as the first noteworthy study of the painter in the English language. Since then la Tour's work has enjoyed a revival, including a major and highly acclaimed retrospective shown at the National Gallery, Washington in 1996.Jacques Thuillier's erudite and well researched text goes someway to demystifying La Tour by placing his uvre in its artistic and political context, establishing a firm chronology and offering original insights into the painter's styles and techniques. The volume is sumptuously illustrated with over 300 plates, many of them full page enlargements from La Tour's most famous canvases. Author Jacques Thuillier is a world-renowned specialist on seventeenth-century art and a professor at the Collège de France. He was one of three organizers of the major retrospective exhibition of La Tour's works held in 1972 at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. He has made momentous contributions to the scholarship of French paintings.

GEORGES DE LA TOUR (BROCHE)

Flammarion

A compact edition of a major monograph that offers insights into the life and work of the seventeenth-century master Georges de La Tour. Georges de La Tour ranks with Vermeer and the Le Nain brothers among those seventeenth-century painters whose unmistakable talent is matched only by their aura of mystery. This groundbreaking monograph uses original correspondence and archival documents to reconstruct the master’s life and practices. Influenced by Caravaggio, La Tour created a form of realism that displays rare poetic beauty. The attention to detail, from the dirt under a saint’s fingernails to the wavering flame of a girl’s candle, is highlighted in full-page close-ups, while the paintings are contextualized by color reproductions of works that influenced, and were influenced by, La Tour. Available for the first time in a compact edition, complete with an illustrated catalogue, bibliography, and key documentary sources, this remains the essential reference work on a fascinating artist.

Georges de la Tour

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

History of Art is the first survey to recognize that the modernization and expansion of museum exhibition space over the past thirty years has increased the subject matter available to general students of Western art. How can one make sense of this rich history without being daunted by innumerable dates, places, and names? French scholar Thullier has created an equal balance of copious illustration with his superb critical text. He explores the art of each historical period by medium: painting, sculpture, and architecture. Filled with exquisite reproductions of unparalleled quality, this is the ultimate art reference book for readers.

History of Art

History & Criticism

Georges de La Tour (compact)

Histoire de l'art

Georges de la Tour: Compact Edition

Fragonard

Skira - Berenice

Les freres Le Nain: Grand Palais, 3 octobre 1978-8 janvier 1979 (French Edition)

Reference

Language Study & Reference

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux

Vouet: Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 6 novembre 1990-11 février 1991 (French Edition)

Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux

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