Reconsidering Gerome - Couverture souple

Allan, .

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1606060384 ISBN 13 : 9781606060384

Editeur : Getty Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) was an undisputed success during his life. Crowds flocked to see his vibrant compositions and thanks to mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he reached audiences on an unprecedented scale. Despite Gérômes undisputed accomplishments, his success met with critical hostility. Emile Zola, champion of Édouard Manet, dismissed Gérôme as a cynical manufacturer of anecdotal images for popular consumption a critique repeatedly levelled at artists in the years since. In light of revisionist and postmodern trends over the past four decades, however, Gérômes work is now being approached with unprecedented seriousness and refreshing candour. The ten essays in this volume go far in challenging critical biases against the artist and indeed suggest that we are just beginning to learn how to read Gérômes paintings in their full complexity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Scott Allan is assistant curator in the Dept of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mary Morton is curator of French painting at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Getty Publications
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1606060384
• ISBN 13: 9781606060384
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible