Portraits by Ingres : image of an epoch

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Portraits by Ingres : image of an epoch

Author:

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867.

ISBN:

9780810965362

Physical Description:

xii, 596 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.

Publication Information:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, c1999.

Publication Date:

1999

General Note:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Jan. 27-Apr. 25, 1999, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 23-Aug. 22, 1999, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000.

Added Author:

Tinterow, Gary.

Conisbee, Philip.

Naef, Hans, 1920-2000

Format:

Book

Publisher:

Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams,

Subject:

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867.

NB Format:

BOOK

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Library	Collection	Call Number	Status
Searching... Central	Nonfiction	759.4 INGRES	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Published to accompany an international exhibition, this is a study of the portraits by the French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. They were created over the first seven decades of the 19th century and were described by a critic in 1855 as the most faithful image of our epoch. The book brings together a wide range of original-source materials, including letters, critical reviews, biographical documents and photographs. The major portraits are discussed and reproduced, and more than 100 portrait drawings and many preparatory studies are also included.

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Library Journal Review

This catalog of the portraits of the 19th-century painter Ingres is a companion volume to the traveling exhibition sponsored by the National Gallery in London, the National Gallery in Washington, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In the first major study on this subject, five scholars chart the chronology of Ingres the portraitist and seek to place this aspect of his oeuvre within the context of his career and, more broadly, within 19th-century European society and the history of portraiture. Chief influences in the portraits of Ingres include the classical tradition of his teacher, David and that of Renaissance artist, Raphael. Beautiful color and black-and-white reproductions illustrate both Ingres's oil paintings and graphite drawings. Recommended for academic art collections and for all specialized art libraries.ÄSandra Rothenberg, Framingham State Coll. Lib., MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.