1 option
L'amour menaçant, or, Menacing love : a statue by Falconet / Frits Scholten ; [translation, Lynne Richards].
LIBRA NB553.F18 R44 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scholten, Frits.
- Series:
- Rijksmuseum dossiers
- Standardized Title:
- Dreigende Liefde. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Falconet, Etienne, 1716-1791. Menacing Cupid.
- Falconet, Etienne.
- Marble sculpture--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Marble sculpture.
- Cupid (Roman deity)--Art.
- Cupid.
- Cupid (Roman deity).
- Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Genre:
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 62 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Menacing love
- Place of Publication:
- Zwolle : Waanders ; Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum, [2005]
- Summary:
- *The story of one of the most popular statues in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, illustrated in colorIn 1757, the French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet made his famous statue L'Amour Menacant (Menacing Love) for Madame de Pompadour, the celebrated mistress of Louis XV. By that time, her passionate relationship with the king had already cooled, so why did she commission a statue of Cupid, the god of love? This and much more is explained in this compact book written by the chief curator of sculpture at the Rijksmuseum, Frits Scholten. He examines the significance of this lifelike Cupid, traces the lives of Falconet and his chief patron, and discusses the sculptor's ideas about art and the worldwide adulation Falconet's work enjoys to this day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 61)
- ISBN:
- 9040091331
- OCLC:
- 63675147
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.