Wattaeu at Work - "La Surprise" - Tapa blanda

Beeny, Emily A.; Gasparotto, Davide; Rand, Richard

 
9781606067352: Wattaeu at Work - "La Surprise"
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ISBN 10: 1606067354 ISBN 13: 9781606067352
Editorial: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2021

Sinopsis

The painting La Surprise by Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) belongs to a new genre of painting invented by the artist himself-the fete galante. These works, which show graceful open-air gatherings filled with scenes of courtship, music and dance, strolling lovers, and actors, do not so much tell a story as set a mood: one of playful, wistful, nostalgic reverie. Esteemed by collectors in Watteau's day as a work that showed the artist at the height of his skill and success, La Surprise vanished from public view in 1848, not to reemerge for more than a century and a half. Acquired by the Getty Museum in 2017, it has never before been the subject of a dedicated publication. Marking the three hundredth anniversary of Watteau's death, this book considers La Surprise within the context of the artist's oeuvre, and discusses the surprising history of collecting Watteau in Los Angeles.

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Acerca del autor

Emily A. Beeny, former associate curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, is curator in charge of European paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Davide Gasparotto is senior curator of paintings and chair, curatorial affairs, at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Richard Rand is associate director for collections at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Editorial
J. Paul Getty Museum
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1606067354
ISBN 13 
9781606067352
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
88
Contacto del fabricante
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