Frederick c ross et al (1 Ergebnisse)

Publisher's boards. Zustand: Nearly fine. nearly fine. Second edition. Folio (30 by 23.6 cm / 11 3/4 by 9 1/4"). 534pp; 350 color plates, pictorial endpapers. Publisher's textured boards, lettered in gilt; dust jacket. Bottom corners with slight bump, else a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine jacket. "Bouguereau [1825-1905], the most renowned, lauded and loved artist of the day, lead a life whose integrity, artistic accomplishments, personal morality and professional ethics set a standard for the world of arts and lettered" (jacket). As V.G. Swanson notes in the foreword: "The breadth of Bouguereau's oeuvre, the level of his artistic production, and his ability to paint hundreds of masterpieces, has not been matched. He must be ranked along with the most important old masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This edition includes an additional chapter by Kara Lysandra Ross, titled "William Bouguereau's Nymph and Satyr," a detailed discussion of one of the artist's most significant works. …