Author: Marchesano, Louis; Christian Michel
Title: Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Lebrun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV
Description: Los Angeles, Getty Publications, 2010. Hardbound. Light gray cloth boards with 2/3 size illustrated DJ, 110pp, profuse BW and color figures. From the publisher--This volume illuminates an extraordinary moment in the intertwined history of painting and printmaking in Europe. The brilliant age of Louis XIV saw the creation of a group of unusually large prints—some of which measure a fantastic five feet by three feet when assembled—that reproduced works by the French king's remarkably inventive court painter, designer, and arts administrator, Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). The two essays and the catalogue entries in this volume focus on eleven of these monumental reproductive engravings. The authors not only relate the fascinating story of the production of these prints but also explore their role in the glorification of Louis XIV and in forming critical opinion of Le Brun as an artist and as an advocate of history painting in the Grand Manner. This volume accompanies the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV held at the Getty Research Institute May 18 to October 17, 2010. Contents as follows: Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Battle of Constantine against Maxentius) --; Triumph of Constantine --; Queens of Persia at the feet of Alexander (tent of Darius) --; Crossing of the Granicus --; Battle of Arbela --; Alexander and Porus --; Triumphal entry into Babylon (Triumphof Alexander) --; Triumph of the New Testament ov the Old Testament (Triumph of the New Law) --; Fall of the Rebel Angels --; Porus in battle --; Apotheosis of Hercules. VG+/VG+ .

Keywords: European Art ; Master Prints ; ; General Art - European


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