Benjamin-Constant:MarvelsAndMiragesOfOrientalism
- 作者
- 出版社 YaleUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2015年3月
- ISBN 9780300210897
- 定价 1117.50
内容简介
ThisfascinatingbookstudiesJean-JosephBenjamin-Constant(1845–1902),oneofthegreatOrientalistpaintersoftheThirdRepublicinFrance.Renownedduringhistimebutlittleknowntoday,Benjamin-ConstantcreatedmassivearchitecturalcompositionsbasedontravelstoSpainandMorocco,inwhichhesetfierce-lookingMoorsanddispassionateodalisques.Hishistorypaintings,basedonstoriesfromtheBibleandByzantinehistory,weretheculminationofhisventuresintoOrientalism,andhissparklingpaletteresultedinwonderfullychromaticandbeautifulworks.Benjamin-Constantalsostandsoutasoneoftheera’sgreatpaintersofdecorativecycles,fromhisworkinParisattheOpéraComiqueandtheGared’Orsay,totheCapitoleinToulouse.Generouslyillustratedandwrittenbyaninternationalteamofspecialistsonlate-19th-centuryFrenchart,thisisthefirstbooktofocusonthiscaptivatingfigure,offeringnewandunpublishedresearchintohislifeandpracticesinhisstudioandattheParisSalon.
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