Articles liés à Casanova: The Seduction of Europe

Casanova: The Seduction of Europe - Couverture rigide

Michie, Thomas; Dickerson III, C. D.; Bell, Esther

 
9780878468423: Casanova: The Seduction of Europe
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0878468420 ISBN 13 : 9780878468423
Editeur : Museum of Fine Arts,Boston, 2017

Synopsis

A re-creation of the glorious and seductive visual world of eighteenth-century Europe through the life of one of its most notorious figures.

In 18th-century Europe, the shape-shifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the Continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practised at charming his way into the most elite social circles. In his travels across Europe and through every level of society from the theatrical demimonde to royal courts, he was also seduced by the visual splendours he encountered. This volume accompanies the first major art exhibition to recreate Casanova’s visual world, from his birthplace of Venice to the cultural capitals of Paris and London and the outposts of Eastern Europe. Summoning up the people he met and the cityscapes, highways, salons, theatres, masked balls, boudoirs, gambling halls, and dining rooms he frequented, it provides a survey of important works of eighteenth-century European art by masters such as Canaletto, Fragonard, Boucher, Houdon and Hogarth. Twelve essays by prominent scholars illuminate multiple facets of Casanova’s world as reflected in the arts of his time, providing a fascinating grand tour of Europe conducted by a quintessential figure of the eighteenth century as well as a splendid visual display of the spirit of the age.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Frederick Ilchman is Chair, Art of Europe, and Mrs. Russell W. Baker Curator of Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thomas Michie is Russell B. and Andrée Beauchamp Stearns Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. C. D. Dickerson is Curator and Head of Sculpture Department at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Esther Bell is Curator of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A re-creation of the glorious and seductive visual world of eighteenth-century Europe through the life of one of its most notorious figures.

In 18th-century Europe, the shape-shifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the Continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practised at charming his way into the most elite social circles. In his travels across Europe and through every level of society from the theatrical demimonde to royal courts, he was also seduced by the visual splendours he encountered. This volume accompanies the first major art exhibition to recreate Casanova’s visual world, from his birthplace of Venice to the cultural capitals of Paris and London and the outposts of Eastern Europe. Summoning up the people he met and the cityscapes, highways, salons, theatres, masked balls, boudoirs, gambling halls, and dining rooms he frequented, it provides a survey of important works of eighteenth-century European art by masters such as Canaletto, Fragonard, Boucher, Houdon and Hogarth. Twelve essays by prominent scholars illuminate multiple facets of Casanova’s world as reflected in the arts of his time, providing a fascinating grand tour of Europe conducted by a quintessential figure of the eighteenth century as well as a splendid visual display of the spirit of the age.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0878468420
ISBN 13 
9780878468423
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
Éditeur
Ilchman Frederick
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible