Georges de La Tour: 57 Colour Plates - Softcover

Tsaneva, Maria; Kirov, Blago

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506127991 ISBN 13: 9781506127996

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque artist, who painted mostly religious scenes in chiaroscuro style, lit by pale candlelight. La Tour's s early paintings shows influences from Caravaggio, and probably also from Jacques Bellange, but unlike Caravaggio his religious paintings lack dramatic effects. He painted using chiaroscuro, careful geometrical compositions, and very simplified depicting of forms. His painting method moves during his career towards greater simplicity and stillness. La Tour often painted several variations on the same subjects, and his surviving production is relatively small. After his death La Tour's work was forgotten until rediscovered by Hermann Voss, a German scholar, in the beginning of 20-th century. In the twentieth century a number of his works were recognized once more, but many aspects of his work remain controversial.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1506127991
• ISBN 13: 9781506127996
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40