Georges de La Tour and His World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300069480 ISBN 13: 9780300069488

Publisher: National Gallery Washington, 1996

Synopsis

Presents a complete, illustrated overview of the work and world of the seventeenth-century French painter, exploring his development as a painter, the contemporary replication of his work, and the place of his art in his time. UP.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Like his contemporary, Caravaggio (represented here by one picture), Georges de La Tour is best known for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro, particularly for his Nocturnes, in which a single candle lights a figure. This year, an exhibition currently at the National Gallery of Art through January 5, 1997, gathers nearly 50 pictures by the artist and his contemporaries under the rubric Georges de La Tour and His World. The accompanying catalogue, edited by Philip Conisbee, looks at de La Tour's development, influence, his subject matter and the northern Caravaggisti, through essays and 178 illustrations (95 in color).
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About this edition

• Publisher: National Gallery Washington
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0300069480
• ISBN 13: 9780300069488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Conisbee Philip