Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, Book
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Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution
Edited by Genevieve Bresc-Bautier & Guilhem Scherf, with James David Draper for the English-language edition
Published by Somogy Editions d'Art
535 pages
536 illustrations
9 3/8 in. x 12 1/4 in.
Hardcover
For the first time, this magnificently illustrated book provides an overview of the bronze sculpture produced in France from the 16th to 18th centuries. Works by major sculptors such as Goujon, Pilon, Prieur, Anguier, Puget, Girardon, Desjardins, Coysevox, Le Lorrain, Bertrand, Caffieri, Pigalle, and Houdon represent a spectacular phase of French art and history ranging from the Renaissance through Neoclassicism up to the French Revolution. Essays by international art historians enlighten readers about the complex relationship between sculptors, founders, and chasers when creating bronze statues, which were usually a question of teamwork. This volume features famous as well as little known works, previously unpublished documents, and studies of prestigious collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside the Musée du Louvre and The J. Paul Getty Museum, collectively contributed a wide-range of knowledge and research, as well as assembled an unprecedented scale of major French bronze works in order to create this book. Iconographical analyses and discussions of links to other arts will certainly make it a key reference work on bronzes.
Catalogue accompanies the exhibition Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, on view at the Getty Center July 30-September 27, 2009.
Edited by Genevieve Bresc-Bautier & Guilhem Scherf, with James David Draper for the English-language edition
Published by Somogy Editions d'Art
535 pages
536 illustrations
9 3/8 in. x 12 1/4 in.
Hardcover
For the first time, this magnificently illustrated book provides an overview of the bronze sculpture produced in France from the 16th to 18th centuries. Works by major sculptors such as Goujon, Pilon, Prieur, Anguier, Puget, Girardon, Desjardins, Coysevox, Le Lorrain, Bertrand, Caffieri, Pigalle, and Houdon represent a spectacular phase of French art and history ranging from the Renaissance through Neoclassicism up to the French Revolution. Essays by international art historians enlighten readers about the complex relationship between sculptors, founders, and chasers when creating bronze statues, which were usually a question of teamwork. This volume features famous as well as little known works, previously unpublished documents, and studies of prestigious collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside the Musée du Louvre and The J. Paul Getty Museum, collectively contributed a wide-range of knowledge and research, as well as assembled an unprecedented scale of major French bronze works in order to create this book. Iconographical analyses and discussions of links to other arts will certainly make it a key reference work on bronzes.
Catalogue accompanies the exhibition Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, on view at the Getty Center July 30-September 27, 2009.
