Fragonard's Allegories of love /
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| Author / Creator: | Molotiu, Andrei. |
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| Imprint: | Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2007. |
| Description: | 126 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Getty Museum studies on art |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6668808 |
| Summary: | Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter whose late manner is distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. A prolific artist, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings. The J. Paul Getty Museum's Fragonard masterpiece, The Fountain of Love, is part of a series of his most striking works called the Allegories of Love, exquisite paintings that convey an atmosphere of intimacy and eroticism.<br> This lavishly illustrated book compares and analyzes the compositions, iconography, and sources of the Allegories in the context of ancient régime pre-Romanticism. The author discusses the transcendental aspect of love in the Allegories and the concept of Romantic love and painting on the eve of the French Revolution. The book accompanies Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love, an exhibition of the artist's work that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute on October 27, 2007, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2008. |
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| Item Description: | Series from jacket flap. "Accompanies the exhibition Consuming passion : Fragonard's Allegories of love, held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from October 28, 2007 to January 21, 2008, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, from February 12 to May 4, 2008"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 126 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-119) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780892368976 0892368977 |
