Alexandre Cabanel : the tradition of beauty /
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Imprint: | München : Hirmer Verlag ; Köln : Wallraf-Richartz Museum, ©2011. |
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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 |
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. |
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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 |