Alexandre Cabanel : the tradition of beauty /

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Imprint:München : Hirmer Verlag ; Köln : Wallraf-Richartz Museum, ©2011.
Description:125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language:English
Subject:Cabanel, Alexandre, -- 1823-1889 -- Exhibitions.
Cabanel, Alexandre, -- 1823-1889.
Exhibition catalogs.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8360303
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Varying Form of Title:Tradition of beauty
Other authors / contributors:Blühm, Andreas.
Cabanel, Alexandre, 1823-1889.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.
ISBN:9783777436913
3777436917
Notes:Catalog of the exhibition held at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Köln, 4 February-15 May, 2011.
其他题名:the tradition of beauty.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:One of the foremost artists of 19th century France, Alexandre Cabanel (1823 - 1889), will be featured in his first exhibition at the Wallraf in Spring 2011. In cooperation with Musée Fabre in Montpellier, the Wallraf in Cologne will present over 60 works by a man who rose from the rank of a lowly carpenter's son to become court painter to Napoleon III. In order to give these graceful works by the last of the great salon painters just the right ambience, the Wallraf has secured the services of a distinguished compatriot of Cabanel: Star designer Christian Lacroix has been commissioned to design a special interior exclusively for the exhibition. Lacroix studied at the Academy of Arts in Montpellier the hometown of Cabanel and regards the painter as one of his all-time favourites. Exhibition: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Köln (4.2-15.5.2011).
Other form:Online version: Alexandre Cabanel. München : Hirmer Verlag ; Köln : Wallraf-Richartz Museum, ©2011
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Summary:French painter Alexandre Cabanel is famous for his entrancingly beautiful The Birth of Venus . Since its purchase by Napoleon III in 1863, it remains among the foremost attractions at Paris's Musée d'Orsay. Yet as familiar as The Birth of Venus has become--gracing countless posters, art prints, and collectibles--it is but one of the many stunning images Cabanel created in the course of his remarkable career. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne and the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, Alexandre Cabanel: The Tradition of Beauty is the first retrospective to deal comprehensively with the breadth of Cabanel's oeuvre. As a successor to the classical tradition embodied by the likes of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, Cabanel was a frequent participant at the Paris Salons and forged a highly successful career with his skilled portraiture as well as his many historical and mythological paintings, many of which feature the artist's trademark abundance of pale, naked flesh. A remarkable retrospective of one of the leading French painters of the nineteenth century, this beautifully printed volume--designed by renowned fashion designer Christian Lacroix--presents sixty stunning works from Cabanel's brilliant career.
Item Description:Catalog of the exhibition held at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Köln, 4 February-15 May, 2011.
Physical Description:125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783777436913
3777436917