L'inimitable M. Watteau - Softcover

Nuridsany, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2869412800 ISBN 13: 9782869412804

Publisher: Maeght Editeur, 1998

Synopsis

Watteau, Mozart's brother, is Bach's contemporary. He worked as a painter under Louis XIV and a few short years under the Regent, just as Perrault wrote his fairy tales, where Galland translated his "Thousand and One Nights". The author, in a text all slips, in digressions, which looks like a walk, seeks agreement with this painting. Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), better known as Antoine Watteau, was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Maeght Editeur
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 2869412800
• ISBN 13: 9782869412804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 111