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"The most beautiful pastel ever seen" : the Chocolate girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard

Title

"The most beautiful pastel ever seen" : the Chocolate girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard / authors, Andreas Dehmer [and nine others] ; editors, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Roland Enke, Stephan Koja ; translation, Russell Stockman.

Publication

Munich : Hirmer, [2018]
©2018

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Description

271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits; 26 cm

Summary

"The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard. This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which it was created during the French-inspired Rococo and into the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresa, where the work was painted. It also explains the art of pastel painting, in which this enchanting work has been executed. The painting had a tremendous effect in those days and still does so today. Even during Liotard's life (1702-1789) his pastel painting was highly valued, as the description by the most famous pastel artist Rosalba Carriera as 'the most beautiful pastel' demonstrates. The Chocolate Girl shows a simple, unknown domestic servant, until then a rarely chosen subject. In its sober and precise observation it reflects the art of the Enlightenment as well as anticipating the realism of the nineteenth century. Chocolate itself, always associated with pleasure, contributes further to the particular charm. Characteristic works from other creative periods complete the overview of Liotard's oeuvre"--Publisher's website.

Alternative Title

Chocolate girl by Jean-Etienne Liotard

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, September 28, 2018 - January 6, 2019.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-266) and index.

Contents

On Jean-Étienne Liotard: Life and Work / Marcel Roethlisberger -- Jean-Étienne Liotard and Maria Theresa's Vienna / Stephan Koja and Verena Perlhefter -- From "Stoubmenche" to Chocolate Girl oon Jean-Étienne Liotard's Iconic Pastel Painting in Dresden's Gemäldegalerie / Roland Enke -- The Turkish fashion in Saxony / Holger Schuckelt -- What struck Algarotti as Chinese in Liotard's Chocolate Girl / Julia Weber -- The drawings of Jean-Étienne Liotard / Christian Rümelin -- The "Kabinett der Rosalba" on the history of the Pastel Cabinet in Dresden's Gemäldegalerie / Roland Enke -- "Un Tableau en Pastel" -- Observations on painting techniques in Jean-Étienne Liotard's Chocolate Girl / Christoph Schölzel -- The Chocolate Girl's Ornamental Frame / Elisabeth Schlesinger -- Chocolate, Tea, Coffee : a brief history of the Europeanization of Three Exotic Hot Beverages / Susanne Drexler -- Interpretations of the Chocolate Girl in Art and Everyday Culture / Rolane Enke and Susanne Drexler.

Call Number

JQF 18-2053

ISBN

9783777431369
3777431362

LCCN

9783777431369

OCLC

1056156358

Title

Publisher

Munich : Hirmer, [2018]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-266) and index.

Chronological Term

1700-1799

Added Author

Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789, author.

Dehmer, Andreas, author.

Enke, Roland, editor.

Koja, Stephan, editor.

Stockman, Russell, translator.

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden, Germany), host institution.

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, host institution.

Hirmer Verlag, publisher.

Other Standard Identifier

9783777431369

Research Call Number

JQF 18-2053

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