The great parade : portrait of the artist as clown / edited by Jean Clair ; exhibition organized by Pierre Théberge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clair, Jean, 1940-

Couëlle, Marcia, 1943-

Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)

National Gallery of Canada.

Standardized Title:

Grande parade. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clowns in art--Exhibitions.

Clowns in art.

Circus in art--Exhibitions.

Circus in art.

Artists and models in art--Exhibitions.

Artists and models in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press ; Ottawa : In association with the National Gallery of Canada, 2004.

Summary:

The circus is a dazzling world filled with acrobats and harlequins, tumblers and riders, monsters and celestial creatures. Now this engaging book sets that world in a new light, examining how painters, sculptors, and photographers from the eighteenth century to the present have used the circus as a springboard for their imaginative expression and have envisioned the clown as a metaphor for the modern artist. The book presents more than 175 works by such artists as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rouault, Picasso, Chagall, and Leger. Some of these are masterful works shown for the first time; these range from the 18-meter stage curtain Picasso designed in 1917 for Erik Satie's ballet "Parade to "more intimate works such as Nadar and Tournachon's photographs of Pierrot as played by celebrated mime Charles Debureau.

Notes:

Catalogue of an exhibition first held at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France from March 12 to May 31, and after at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, from June 25 to Sept. 19, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-412) and index.

ISBN:

0888847793

0300103751

OCLC:

55146280