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The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914

Title
The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray ; [formal bibliographical descriptions by Thomas V. Lange ; photography by Charles V. Passela].
Author
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Lange, Thomas V.
  • Passela, Charles V.
  • Pierpont Morgan Library.
  • Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Description
2 volumes (xxxii, 557 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
Subjects
Note
  • "Written to accompany an exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library from April through July of 1982"--Page xiii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-542) and indexes.
Source (note)
  • of the Dedalus Foundation;
Contents
  • v. 1. Preface -- Introduction for collectors -- The catalogue -- Forerunners -- I: From Baroque to Rococo (1700-1749). Bernard Picart ; Philippe d'Orléans ; Claude Gillot ; Charles-Antoine Coypel ; Jean-Baptiste Oudry ; Francois Boucher ; Charles-Nicolas Cochin -- II: High Rococo (1750-1788). Hubert-François Bourguignon, called Gravelot ; Charles Eisen ; Abbé Jean-Claude-Richard de Saint-Non ; Pierre-Philippe Choffard ; Charles Monnet ; Jean-Baptiste Le Prince ; Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier ; Pierre-Clément Marillier ; Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le Jeune ; Jacques de Sève ; Books illustrated by two or more artists ; Jacques-Philippe-Joseph de Saint-Quentin -- III: Revolution to Restoration (1789-1819). The Didots and their illustrators ; Pierre-Paul Prud'hon ; Jean-Honoré Fragonard ; The contemporary scene ; Color printing ; The miniature illustrators ; Nicolas-André Monsiau -- IV: Romantic lithography. Early lithography ; Théodore Géricault ; Baron Taylor and the picturesque ; Richard Parkes Bonington ; The Napoleonic epic: Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Hippolyte Bellangé, Auguste Raffet ; The passing scene presented in color: Jean-Ignace-Julien Gérard, called J.-J. Grandville, Henry Monnier, Eugène Lami ; Lithography and romantic literature: Eugène Delacroix, The periodicals ; Sulpice-Guillaume Chevallier, called Gavarni ; Honoré Daumier.
  • v. 2. V: Romantic engraving on wood and metal (1820-1850). The early years (1820-1835) ; Alfred and Tony Johannot ; Jean-Ignace-Julien Gérard, called J.-J. Grandville ; Raffet and other illustrators of the Napoleonic tradition ; Sulpice-Guillaume Chevallier, called Gavarni ; Célestin Nanteuil ; Other books illustrated by single artists: Jean-François Gigoux, Théophile Fragonard, Honoré Daumier, Eugène Lami, Théodore Chassériau, Albert-d'Arnoux Bertall ; Books illustrated by two or more artists -- VI: Interregnum (185I-1884). Gustave Doré ; Other books with engravings on wood or metal ; Chromolithography ; The revival of etching ; Edouard Manet -- VII: The great renewal (1885-1914). The traditional book: Edouard Pelletan, Paul Avril, Hector Giacomelli, Léon Lhermitte, Maurice Leloir, Daniel Urrabieta, called Daniel Vierge, Luc-Olivier Merson, Georges Jeanniot, Albert Robida, Adolphe Giraldon, Georges Rochegrosse, Charles-Lucien Léandre, Alexandre Lunois, Henri-Jules-Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines, Paul-Emile Colin, The younger generation ; Paris, 1900: Auguste Lepère, Pierre Vidal, Jean-Franc̥ois Raffaëlli, Jean-Louis Forain, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Louis Legrand, Louis Morin, Charles Jouas, Edgar Chahine, Tony Minartz, Illustrators of Maupassant ; Art Nouveau and the triumph of color. Eugène Grasset, Jules Chéret, The periodicals, Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Alphonse Mucha, Georges de Feure, Pierre Roche ; Symbolism: Félicien Rops, Henri Fantin-Latour, Odilon Redon, Carlos Schwabe, Armand Séguin, Maurice Denis ; Painters' books: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, Auguste Rodin, Gustave Leheutre, František Kupka, André Derain, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Camille Pissarro, Emile Bernard, Albert Besnard -- Appendix I: Examples of fine bindings -- Appendix II: One hundred outstanding French illustrated books, 1700-1914.
Call Number
MDT+ 82-1029
ISBN
  • 0801415357
  • 9780801415357
  • 0875980783
  • 9780875980782
LCCN
82080086
OCLC
8470682
Author
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986.
Title
The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray ; [formal bibliographical descriptions by Thomas V. Lange ; photography by Charles V. Passela].
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1982.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-542) and indexes.
Local Note
Copy in ReCAP 24-5851 inscribed.
Source
Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2024. NN
Chronological Term
1700-1999
Added Author
Lange, Thomas V., contributor.
Passela, Charles V., photographer.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Other Form:
Online version: Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986. Art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914. New York, N.Y. : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1982 (OCoLC)629791295
Research Call Number
ReCAP 24-5851
MDT+ 82-1029
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