Claude Lorrain--the painter as draftsman : drawings from the British Museum / Richard Rand ; with contributions by Antony Griffiths and Colleen M. Terry.

Main entry:

Rand, Richard.

Title & Author:

Claude Lorrain--the painter as draftsman : drawings from the British Museum / Richard Rand ; with contributions by Antony Griffiths and Colleen M. Terry.

Publication:

Description:

226 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, Oct. 14, 2006-Jan. 14, 2007 and at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 3-Apr. 29, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.
Between nature and culture: an introduction to Claude's drawings -- The artist in the landscape -- Drawing from nature -- landscapes old and new -- In the studio -- Heroic landscapes.

Summary:

The great French artist Claude Lorrain (1600-1682) - for whom drawing was an integral part of the artistic process - spent most of his career in Italy, where he documented the beauty of the landscape and the splendor of classical ruins. This richly illustrated book examines the wide-ranging role the medium played throughout Claude's career. The book presents some of Claude's most remarkable drawings, representing all aspects of his style and subject matter - from informal outdoor sketches of trees, rivers, and ruins to formal presentation drawings and elaborate compositional designs for paintings, many of which have never before been reproduced in color. A detailed and scholarly essay places them within the social and cultural contexts of their time and includes comparative illustrations of paintings and etchings to situate them within the artist's oeuvre. A selection of works from the Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), a portfolio of highly finished drawings that the artist created to document his own painted compositions, is also included.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

0300104804
9780300104806
0931102707 (pbk.)
9780931102707 (pbk.)

Subject:

Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682 Exhibitions.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682 Expositions.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682
British Museum Exhibitions.
British Museum Expositions.
British Museum
Drawing England London Exhibitions.
Dessin Angleterre Londres Expositions.
Drawing
Drawing, French 17th century Exhibitions.
England London

Form/genre:

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

Added entries:

Griffiths, Antony.
Terry, Colleen M.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

Painter as draftsman

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255791
Call No.: BIB 186068
Status: Available

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