Noir : the romance of black in 19th-century French drawings and prints / edited by Lee Hendrix, with Cynthia Burlingham, Laurel Garber, Timothy David Mayhew, Michelle Sullivan, and Nancy Yocco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hendrix, Lee, editor.

J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body.

Standardized Title:

Noir (J. Paul Getty Museum)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing, French--19th century--Exhibitions.

Drawing, French.

Prints, French--19th century--Exhibitions.

Prints, French.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

viii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2016]

Summary:

"Accompanies an exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles and explores tonality and black media in nineteenth-century French drawings and prints"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Revivals and modernity: the printed image in nineteenth-century France / Cynthia Burlingham

Prelude: dark romanticism / Lee Hendrix

Landscape, charcoal, and the etching revival / Lee Hendrix

Realism / Lee Hendrix

Fantasy and dreams / Lee Hendrix

The optics of shadow / Lee Hendrix

Diversity and complexity in black drawing media: four case studies / Michelle Sullivan and Nancy Yocco

Dessin au fusain: nineteenth-century French charcoal drawing materials and techniques / Timothy David Mayhew

A closer look: an illustrated glossary of materials and techniques used in nineteenth-century noir drawings / Michelle Sullivan and Nancy Yocco.

Notes:

"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Noir: The Romance of Black in Nineteenth-Century French Drawings and Prints, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 9 to May 15, 2016"--ECIP data view.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-169) and index.

ISBN:

9781606064825

1606064827

OCLC:

922970588