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Hubert Robert / Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Yuriko Jackall ; with Guillaume Faroult, Catherine Voiriot, Joseph Baillio.
- Title
- Hubert Robert / Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Yuriko Jackall ; with Guillaume Faroult, Catherine Voiriot, Joseph Baillio.
- Publication
- Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : in association with Lund Humphries, [2016]
- Chicago, IL : Art Stock Books.
- ©2016
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- Description
- ix, 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 33 cm
- Summary
- "Celebrated for the fundamental role he played in promoting the architectural capriccio, Hubert Robert (1733-1808) combined famous monuments of antiquity and modernity in unexpected ways to create strikingly new and imaginative city scenes and landscapes. Dubbed "Robert des ruines" by the great critic and encyclopedist Denis Diderot, Robert was regarded during his era as one of France's most prominent artists. His reputation has endured, but this monographic exhibition, coorganized by the National Gallery of Art and the Musée du Louvre, is the first to encompass his entire career and to survey his achievements as both a painter and a draftsman. Presenting a discerning selection of his works, five scholarly essays, and a biographical chronology, this volume richly illuminates Robert's outstanding accomplishments as an artist and his lasting contributions to French visual culture"--
- "Known fondly as 'Robert des ruines' because of his penchant for painting ancient ruins, Hubert Robert (1733–1808) was one of France’s most successful and prominent artists during his lifetime. This outstanding publication, which accompanies the first monographic exhibition of his work, illuminates Robert's remarkable artistic achievements and his lasting contributions to French visual culture. Robert's skills were manifold—he enjoyed great success as a painter, draftsman, interior decorator, and garden architect. During his time in Rome, he fostered close professional bonds with artists such as Piranesi, Panini, and Fragonard, while in Paris he flourished under the patronage of several wealthy French supporters including the Marquis de Marigny, brother of the famed Madame de Pompadour. Robert’s work later addressed the demise of this glittering society through both ominous scenes of disaster and representations of vandalized royalist monuments. Upon his own release from imprisonment following the French Revolution, Robert completed a series of meditative variations on the Grande Galerie of the Musée du Louvre, of which he had been appointed curator in 1784. Thoroughly researched, this scholarly and beautifully produced publication will stand as the definitive book on Robert for many years to come."--
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- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- Note
- Catalog of the exhibition Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, March 9-May 30, 2016, and at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 26-October 2, 2016.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-277) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "That splendid fellow Robert," the early years / Joseph Baillio -- Robert, master draftsman / Margaret Morgan Grasselli -- "The dreams of a brilliant man" : contemporary perspectives / Guillaume Faroult -- Robert and the art of decoration / Yuriko Jackall -- A driven yet most amiable man / Catherine Voiriot -- Biographical chronology / Catherine Voiriot.
- ISBN
- 9781848221918
- 1848221916
- LCCN
- ^^2016012891
- OCLC
- 939995776
- SCSB-12330812
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- Harvard Library