| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-05-01 | | Editor: | Gary Tinterow, Philip Conisbee |
| Size | | Length: | 596 pages | | Height: | 12.3 in | | Width: | 9.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 114.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Published to accompany a major international exhibition and prepared by eminent American and European scholars, this volume brings together a wealth of original source materials--letters, critical reviews, biographical documents, photographs--to firmly situate Ingres' portrait subjects in their time and place.
The sensuous odalisques and dramatic historical scenes of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) are among the masterpieces of 19th-century French painting. But Ingres' greatest achievement remains the brilliant depictions of his contemporaries that he created over seven decades. Termed by a critic in 1855 "the most faithful image of our epoch, " such works -- with their psychological acuity and magnificently rendered costumes -- are the subject of this first comprehensive study in English of Ingres' portraits. Published to accompany a major international exhibition and prepared by eminent American and European scholars, this volume brings together a wealth of original source materials -- letters, critical reviews, biographical documents, photographs -- to firmly situate Ingres' portrait subjects in their time and place. All of the artist's major painted portraits are discussed and reproduced, as are more than 100 portrait drawings -- and numerous preparatory studies by this master draftsman.
Industry Reviews
"No one ever manipulated graphite more precisely than Ingres. His drawings are among the most expressive ever executed with no more than pencil and paper, PORTRAITS BY INGRES fortunately includes more than 300 of them. It also features 203 9 by 12 inch reproductions in scintillating color, a chronology, bibliography, and index. It's both scholarly and voluptuous."
Bloomsbury Review - Gary Michael (01/01/2000)
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