Main entry:

Poulet, Anne L.

Title & Author:

Jean-Antoine Houdon : sculptor of the Enlightenment / Anne L. Poulet, with Guilhem Scherf [and others].

Publication:

Washington, DC : Published by the National Gallery of Art in association with the University of Chicago Press, ©2003.

Description:

384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 4-Sept. 7, 2003, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Nov. 4, 2003-Jan. 25, 2004, and Musée du château de Versailles, Mar. 1-May 30, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371) and index.
Directors' Foreword / Earl A. Powell III, Deborah Gribbon and Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Preface and Acknowledgments / Anne L. Poulet -- Houdon, "Above All Modern Artists" / Guilhem Scherf -- Etat des Choses: A Recently Discovered Document by Houdon / Anne L. Poulet, Ulrike D. Mathies and Christoph Frank -- Houdon and the German Courts: Serving the Francophile Princes / Ulrike D. Mathies -- "A Man More Jealous of Glory than of Wealth": Houdon's Dealings with Russia / Christoph Frank -- Early Works -- Figures in the Arts -- Family and Friends -- Enlightenment Figures -- Decorative Sculpture -- American Patriots -- The Courts of Europe -- Late Works -- Boilly's Paintings -- Abbreviated Chronology of Houdon's Life and Work / Monique Barbier -- App. Etat des choses renfermees dans les caisses envoyees a son Altesse Monseigneur le Duc de Saxe Gotha.

Summary:

French artist Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. Whether sculpting a head of state, an intellectual, or a young child, Houdon had an uncanny ability to capture the essence of his subject with a characteristic pose or expression. This lavish exhibition catalogue will immediately take its rightful place as the definitive work on Houdon. With more than one hundred color plates and two hundred black and white halftones, Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment illustrates every stage of the sculptor's fascinating career, from his early portrayals of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to his stunning portraits of American patriots such as George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Accompanying the images of Houdon's masterworks are four insightful essays that discuss Houdon's views on art (based in part on a newly discovered manuscript written by the artist) as well as his prominence in the highly varied cultures of eighteenth-century France, Germany, and Russia.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0894683012 (alk. paper)
9780894683015 (alk. paper)
0226676471
9780226676470
0226676498
9780226676494

Subject:

Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 Exhibitions.
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 Expositions
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828.
Portrait sculpture, French Exhibitions.
Sculpture de portraits française Expositions.
Portrait sculpture, French.
Plastieken.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
J. Paul Getty Museum.
Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231048
Call No.: NB1116.H836 P6 2003
Status: Available