Pastels in the Musée du Louvre : 17th and 18th Centuries
Regular price £54.95A beautifully illustrated book with highlights of the pastels in the Louvre, Paris
The Musée du Louvre boasts an exceptional collection of 17th- and 18th-century European pastels. Due to their fragility, there have been scant opportunities to view and learn from these spectacular artworks. This in-depth examination of the collection, reproduced here for the first time in colour, delves into their history and how they were created.
Produced primarily during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, the works - whose beautiful delicacy has been likened to the powder covering the wings of a butterfly--offer insights into society during the period of the Enlightenment. Featured artists include Rosalba Carriera, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, Jean Étienne Liotard, Jean-Marc Nattier, and Élisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, as well as lesser-known masters such as Marie-Suzanne Giroust, Ad la de Labille-Guirard, Joseph Bose, and Joseph Ducreux.
Details
- Author: Xavier Salmon, director of the Department des Arts Graphiques and general heritage curator at the Musée du Louvre
- Hardcover: 360 pages | 230 colour and black and white illustrations
- Date published: September 2018
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0300238631
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 25.2 cm
