Nineteenth-Century French Art: From Romanticism to Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau - Hardcover

Henri Loyrette; Sébastien Allard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2080305328 ISBN 13: 9782080305329

Publisher: Flammarion, 2007

Synopsis

Nineteenth-Century French Art Almost twenty years after the creation of the Musee d'Orsay, the 19th century seems more than ever to be the "Golden Age" of French art. It boasts names such as Ingres and Delacroix, Manet and Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Eiffel and Charles Garnier. French art became a universally accepted benchmark, spreading the discoveries of Impressionism, the Haussmann models, and the daring of art nouveau far beyond its borders, and receiving in return, in the form of the countless artists who flocked to its hub, numerous influences from abroad. Other key movements associated with the19th century include Romanticism; Neo-Classicism, "orientalism," and japonisme; Realism...

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About the Author:

Henri Loyrette, president director of the Louvre Museum, was previously director of the Musee d’Orsay (1994). Loyrette has published articles and books on 19-century art and has presided over many exhibitions focusing on the Impressionistst. Sebastien Allard is Heritage Curator in the Painting Department at the Louvre. Allard has also published a book on Paris in 1820. Laurence des Cars is curator at the Musee d’Orsay. A specialist in late 19-century painting, des Cars has published Discoveries: Preraphaelites: Romance and Realism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 2080305328
• ISBN 13: 9782080305329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464