Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun : the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution / Gita May.
| Author/creator |
May, Gita |
| Other author/creator | Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, |
| Description | 237 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Early years -- First successes -- Marriage -- Marie-Antoinette's portraitist -- Vigée Le Brun salonnière -- 1789 -- Rome -- Naples, Venice, Milan -- Vienna -- The Russian experience -- Homeward bound -- The English interlude -- Return to imperial France -- An active old age. |
| Abstract | The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made her a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, this singularly gifted and high-spirited woman nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent, self-supporting artist, doggedly setting up studios in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London. Long overlooked or dismissed, Vigée Le Brun's portraits now hang in the Louvre, in a room of their own, as well as in all leading art museums of the world. Illustrations include sixteen of her portraits presented in full color.--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005004788 |
| ISBN | 9780300108729 |
| ISBN | 0300108729 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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