Ewa Lajer-Burcharth

Painter's Touch

Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard

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The Painter's Touch is a radical reinterpretation of three paradigmatic French painters of the eighteenth century. In this beautifully illustrated book, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth provides close readings of the works of François Boucher, Jean-Siméon Chardin, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, entirely recasting our understanding of these painters' practice. Using the notion of touch, she examines the implications of their strategic investment in materiality and sheds light on the distinct contribution of painting to the culture of the Enlightenment. By examining what paintings actually say in brushstrokes, texture, and paint, The Painter's Touch transforms… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-691-17012-1
EAN: 9780691170121
Produktnummer: 22861701
Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 298 S.
Masse: H29.9 cm x B23.0 cm x D2.7 cm 1'674 g
Abbildungen: 154 col./ 104 b&w illus.
Gewicht: 1674

Über den Autor

Ewa Lajer-Burcharth is the William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Her books include Chardin Material and Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David after the Terror.