Chardin
Paris, Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais, 7 September-22 November 1999 : Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Im Ehrenhof, 5 December 1999-20 February 2000 : London, Royal Academy of Arts, 11 March-29 May 2000 : New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 27 June-3 September 2000
Book - 2000
Blackwell North Amer
Widely acknowledged in his time as a premier painter of still life and genre scenes, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) created unsentimentalized works that appeal to viewers today for their richness of feeling and simplicity of composition. This sumptuously illustrated book reproduces in full color 99 of Chardin’s works and arranges them around five themes: Chardin’s Beginnings and His First Still Lifes, Utensils and Household Objects, Genre Scenes, Chardin’s Return to Still Life, and Pastels.
The contributors to the volume explore Chardin’s work from many different angles, including the latest thinking on such lesser-known facets of his life and work as his use of ceramics and glass, his financial and property affairs, and the complex history of engravings of his paintings. Each of the five sections of the book has an introduction and a selection of Chardin’s paintings accompanied on facing pages by complete provenance, exhibition, and bibliographic information. The book also offers an extensive Chardin biography, an index of names and places, and an index of works.
The contributors to the volume explore Chardin’s work from many different angles, including the latest thinking on such lesser-known facets of his life and work as his use of ceramics and glass, his financial and property affairs, and the complex history of engravings of his paintings. Each of the five sections of the book has an introduction and a selection of Chardin’s paintings accompanied on facing pages by complete provenance, exhibition, and bibliographic information. The book also offers an extensive Chardin biography, an index of names and places, and an index of works.
Publisher:
London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2000]
Copyright Date:
©2000
ISBN:
9780900946837
0900946830
9780300083484
0300083483
0900946830
9780300083484
0300083483
Branch Call Number:
759.4 CHARD CHARD
Characteristics:
355 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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