Antoine Watteau: 1684-1721 (Masters of French Art)
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Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World (Vintage)
 List Price: Price: $11.70 You Save: $3.30 (22%) DescriptionAntoine Watteau, one of the most mysterious painters who ever lived, is the inspiration for this delightful investigation of the tangled relationship between art and life. Weaving together historical fact and personal reflections, the influential art critic Jed Perl reconstructs the amazing story of this pioneering bohemian artist who, although he died in 1721, when he was only thirty-six, has influenced innumerable painters and writers in the centuries since—and whose work continues to deepen our understanding of the place that love, friendship, and pleasure have in our daily lives.Perl creates an astonishing experience by gathering his reflections on this “master of silken surfaces and elusive emotions” in the form of an alphabet—a fairy tale for adults—giving us a new way to think about art. This brilliant collage of a book is a hunt for the treasure of Watteau’s life and vision that encompasses the glamour and intrigue of eighteenth-century Paris, the riotous history of Harlequin and Pierrot, and the work of such modern giants as Cézanne, Picasso, and Samuel Beckett. By turns somber and beguiling, analytical and impressionistic, Antoine’s Alphabet reaffirms the contemporary relevance of the greatest of all painters of young love and imperishable dreams. It is a book to savor, to share, to return to again and again. From the Hardcover edition.
Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist And the Culture of His Time
 List Price: Price: $62.50 DescriptionThe essays in "Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture of His Time" offer a richly textured portrait of the artist's life, work, and reputation for students, specialists, and the general public. The volume brings together art historians whose research is currently defining the field of Watteau studies with scholars from history and literature who have published widely on the political and cultural trends of Watteau's era. Essays include studies of the artist's drawing practice, his relation to the emerging public sphere, and the changing fortunes of his reputation, as well as considerations of art dealing and fashion in Watteau's time. Other essays take up conversation, dance, seduction, and theatricality as essential themes of Watteau's art. This volume will be an indispensable resource for all those interested in the visual culture of Regency France. The book contains sixty-five illustrations. Mary D. Sheriff is W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Art at the University of North Carolina.
Watteau, Music, and Theater (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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DescriptionAccompanying an exhibition in honor of Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this engaging book examines the influence of music and theater on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Fifteen major paintings and a number of drawings by Watteau that illustrate the connections between painting and the performing arts in Paris are explored. In addition, drawings and prints by other 18th-century artists featuring musical or theatrical subjects and objects and musical instruments are included.
Antoine Watteau
 List Price: $146.95 DescriptionHere is the definitive study of the great painter Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), best known for his exquisite fetes galantes--scenes of the pastoral pleasures of elegant society. Until now, critical interpretations of this remarkable artist have been shaped by essentially Romantic views. Donald Posner provides a reassessment of the life and work of Watteau; his account is enriched with reproductions of all of Watteau's paintings and major studies.Customer ReviewsA sublime rendering of WatteauEveryone who loves Watteau should have this beautiful book at hand. It has so much to offer in textual analyses, that when you see the actual Watteaus at the Louvre, Posner's delvings into these paintings places you in Watteau's world, a mysterious one, not easily accessed by anyone. I lament Posner's passing, but I will never lament his great work on Watteau. I think the treatment of Watteau's "Pelerinage a l'ile de Cythere," 1717 deserves special singularization; to miss this analysis is to be cheated out of a large part of 18th Century French culture.
The Work Of Antoine Watteau (1913)
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