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Pastels in the Musée du Louvre 17th - 18th Centuries - Exhibition catalogue

Pastels in the Musée du Louvre 17th - 18th Centuries - Exhibition catalogue

The Musée du Louvre boasts an exceptional collection of 17th- and 18th-century European pastels. Due to their fragility, there have been scant opportunities to view and learn from these spectacular artworks. This in-depth examination of the collection, reproduced here for the first time in color, delves ...
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Characteristics

Dimensions :
25,7 x 29,2 x 3 cm
Artists :
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766)
Museum :
Musée du Louvre
Art movements :
18th century, 17th century
French
EAN :
9782754114547
Size of the book :
Paperback with flap
Reference :
MX628289
English
EAN :
9780300238631
Reference :
MX630040

Editor

Editor :
Hazan - Louvre éditions
Publication :
2018-06-20

The artist

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

Vigée Le Brun's self-portraits abound: paintings, pastels and drawings elegantly combine grace and feminine pride. As the Ancien Régime and its fine arts institution came to an end, the artist supplanted most of his portrait competitors. Her desire to overcome the constraints imposed on women artists allows her to develop a very personal technique and aesthetic criteria: she masters the science of colour and invents a whole range of poses and costumes that allow her to bring a great variety to her portraits and improvisations.