Author: Rosenberg, Pierre
Title: Antoine Watteau: The Drawings
Description: London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. Hardcover. Blue-green casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in red and in black down a gray spine. Pages: (5), 6-198. Profusely illustrated with color images. "Antoine Watteau (1684 1721) produced some of the most seductive drawings in Western art. This book, published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, reproduces his finest examples, revealing the delicacy and freedom of execution that so impressed early commentators and had such a profound effect on subsequent generations of artists, notably François Boucher and Jean Honore; Fragonard. Well known art historians Pierre Rosenberg and Louis Antoine Prat examine these masterly studies, focusing on the artist's development as a draftsman, the techniques that he perfected, and the fascinating role that drawing played in his work. The illustrations, which include recently discovered works, are superbly reproduced." Contents are as follows: Watteau by his contemporaries /; Pierre Rosenberg --; Heady airs, festive airs /; Louis-Antoine Prat --; 'Resounding blows': notes on Watteau's drawing technique /; Louis-Antoine Prat --; The first Watteau drawings in England /; Martin Eidelberg. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page.

Keywords: European Artists ; Watteau, Antoine ; ;


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