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237 S., [8] Bl. :
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Ill.
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0-300-10872-9
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Kunstgeschichte
Schlagwort(e):
1755-1842 Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth
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Biografie
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Biografie
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Bibliografie
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Biografie
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Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth 1755-1842