Gods and Heroes - Softcover

The École des Beaux-Arts in Paris has trained many of Europe's best-known artists since its founding in the seventeenth century, and its curriculum has had an immeasurable impact on Western visual culture. Over the years the École has amassed an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, and drawings by its students---including Jacques-Louis David, François Boucher, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Théodore Géricault---as well as works by such masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Nicolas Poussin, and Rembrandt. In three illuminating essays and over two hundred beautifully illustrated catalogue entries, Gods and Heroes tell the fascinating story of one of Europe's most influential cultural institutions.