Format:
1 Online-Ressource (237 pages, 16 pages of plates)
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illustrations (some color)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300108729
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0300130007
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1281722405
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9780300108729
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9780300130003
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9781281722409
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe May, Gita Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2005
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Biography
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Author information:
Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth 1755-1842
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