Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721 / Helmut Börsch-Supan ; [translation from German, Anthea Bell in association with Cambridge Publishing Management].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Börsch-Supan, Helmut.

Contributor:

Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.

Standardized Title:

Watteau, Meister der französischen Kunst. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721--Criticism and interpretation.

Watteau, Antoine.

Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

140 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Other Title:

Antoine Watteau

Place of Publication:

Köln : Könemann, [2000]

Summary:

No other artist made such a mark on 18th-century painting north of the Alps as Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). In a creative phase lasting little more than a decade, he created not the large forceful works artists are often remembered for, but rather small-scale and playful pictures full of quiet charm and gentle wit. He was able to exert artistic influence because, living in a period of upheaval and decline at the end of the era of Louis XIV, he had a presentiment of what was to come: a refinement of the mind and sensory perception, the Enlightenment, and with it new ideas of social justice. The developments that led to the French Revolution at the end of the century are already present in embryo beneath the surface merriment of Watteau's painting.

Contents:

The Mystery of the Artist as a Man 6

Inset: France around 1700 10

Gersaint's Shop Sign 12

Early Work 28

Scenes of Military Life 36

Inset: Theatrical Life in Paris 46

A Passion for the Theater 48

Embarkation for Cythera 64

Inset: Art and Fashion 76

Fetes galantes 80

The Draftsman 100

Nature, Landscape, Children, Dogs 110

Last Years and Legacy 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 139).

ISBN:

3829032730

OCLC:

46897023