Author: Roger Benjamin ; Contributions by Assoc Professor David Prochaska
Title: Renoir and Algeria
Description: Yale University Press, 2003 Hardcover, 164 pages, ENG, 315 x 240 mm, in very good condition, illustrations in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780300097856. ¶ Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was the only Impressionist artist to paint Orientalist themes, yet little has been written about the two journeys he took to the French North African colony of Algeria in 1881 and 1882. There he created more than two dozen stunning works, depicting exotic scenes of ancient stone mosques, milling crowds at a festival in the Casbah, and spectacular palm fronds in the botanical garden. This text, published to accompany a travelling exhibition organized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, assembles for all of Renoir's Algerian paintings as a coherent body of work. The volume situates Renoir's early studio Orientalism within the great tradition of French Orientalist painting. The landscapes and figure paintings Renoir completed in Algiers, several of which are previously unpublished, are discussed in the context of the topography of the city and of the ethnography of its people. Period photographs, engravings, maps and postcards, together with an essay exploring the Algeria beyond Renoir's canvases, provide historical and cultural background on the country and on the French presence there.
Keywords: Beaux Arts Sciences Geschiedenis History Literature Weer culture histoire livre siècle Artiste peintre photo fotografie War architectuur Mode Nostalgie/ Flemish / Vlaamse keramiek antiqu beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen oorlog porcelain arts plastiques O
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Title: Renoir and Algeria
Description: Yale University Press, 2003 Hardcover, 164 pages, ENG, 315 x 240 mm, in very good condition, illustrations in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780300097856. ¶ Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was the only Impressionist artist to paint Orientalist themes, yet little has been written about the two journeys he took to the French North African colony of Algeria in 1881 and 1882. There he created more than two dozen stunning works, depicting exotic scenes of ancient stone mosques, milling crowds at a festival in the Casbah, and spectacular palm fronds in the botanical garden. This text, published to accompany a travelling exhibition organized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, assembles for all of Renoir's Algerian paintings as a coherent body of work. The volume situates Renoir's early studio Orientalism within the great tradition of French Orientalist painting. The landscapes and figure paintings Renoir completed in Algiers, several of which are previously unpublished, are discussed in the context of the topography of the city and of the ethnography of its people. Period photographs, engravings, maps and postcards, together with an essay exploring the Algeria beyond Renoir's canvases, provide historical and cultural background on the country and on the French presence there.
Keywords: Beaux Arts Sciences Geschiedenis History Literature Weer culture histoire livre siècle Artiste peintre photo fotografie War architectuur Mode Nostalgie/ Flemish / Vlaamse keramiek antiqu beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen oorlog porcelain arts plastiques O
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- Book number: 59625
- Book number: 59625
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