Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution /

The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made her a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Euro...

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Hoofdauteur: May, Gita
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Andere auteurs: Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2005.
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Samenvatting:The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made her a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, this singularly gifted and high-spirited woman nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent, self-supporting artist, doggedly setting up studios in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London. Long overlooked or dismissed, Vigée Le Brun's portraits now hang in the Louvre, in a room of their own, as well as in all leading art museums of the world. Illustrations include sixteen of her portraits presented in full color.--From publisher description.
Fysieke beschrijving:237 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.).
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.