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Le Recueil d''Arras, conservé à la Bibliothèque-Médiathèque d''Arras), réunit 289 dessins de portraits, pour la plupart de Jacques le Boucq, peintre-héraldiste de Valenciennes (vers 1520 ? - 1573). P

The first book in over twenty-five years devoted solely to allegory and personification in art history, this anthology complements current literary and cultural studies of allegory. The volume re-examines early modern allegorical imagery in light of crucial material, contextual and methodological questions: how are allegories conceived; for whom; and for what purposes? Contributors consider a wide range of allegorical representations in the visual arts and material culture, of both early modern Europe and the colonial "New World" 1400-1800. Essays included here examine paintings, sculpture, prints, architecture and the spaces of public ritual while discussing the process and theory of interpretation, formation of audiences, reception history, appropriation and censorship. A special focus on the medium of the body in visual allegory unites the volume''s diverse materials and methods.

George Stubbs (1724-1806), now recognized as one of the greatest and most original artists of the eighteenth century, stands out from other practitioners in the field of animal painting. His most frequent commissions were for paintings of horses, dogs, and wild animals, and his images invariably arrest attention and frequently strike a deeply poetic note. Stubbs did not emerge as a painter until he was in his mid-thirties, but then his genius flowered astonishingly. He steadily celebrates English sporting and country life and reveals himselfin his incidental portraits of jockeys and grooms, for exampleas a perceptive observer of different levels of social behavior. Among his many experiments with technique were his chemical experiments with painting in enamels, first on copper and later on earthenware tablets, manufactured for him in Wedgwood's potteries. This is the first full catalogue of Stubbs's paintings and drawings. Along with the full catalogue entries, the book offers a lengthy study of Stubbs's art and career. Judy Egerton is the leading authority on Stubbs and worked at both the Tate Britain and National Gallery, London. This catalogue was researched and written during her tenure as Senior Research Fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art from 1998 to 2006.

CollectifLe Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles propose une exposition exceptionnelle consacrée à l'art, et à l'histoire de l'art, du XIXème siècle en Allemagne. L'exposition "Regards sur l'Europe" ab

This book is the first in English devoted to François Duquesnoy, a central figure in seventeenth-century European sculpture, a rival to Bernini, and a leading light in an artistic milieu that included Poussin and Rubens. Estelle Lingo reconstructs Duquesnoys pursuit in Rome of a modern artistic practice in the Greek manner. Reconstruction of Duquesnoys Greek ideal enables Lingo to offer new interpretations of his exquisite marble and bronze sculptures. Moreover, she demonstrates that the archaeological and poetic vision of Greek art developed by Duquesnoy and his circle formed the basis of Johann Joachim Winckelmanns influential Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpturethus overturning the long-held assumption that no meaningful distinction was made between ancient Greek and Roman art prior to Winckelmanns work in the eighteenth century. Examining in detail how Duquesnoy developed and employed his Greek manner, Lingo brings to light the extent of his contributions to European culture and aesthetics, and to the rise of Neoclassicism. Estelle Lingo is assistant professor of art history, Division of Art History, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Neste volume dedicado á escultura realízase un estudio pormenorizado da traxectoria e da obra de quince escultores que desenvolveron a súa actividade máis madura desde os anos oitenta e sobre todo os noventa. Quince proxectos artisticos que se situan entre a revision da escultura, a renovacion da tradicion, a ollada posta na natureza, a revision das relacions home e espacio, a recuperacion da figura humana, a ruptura cos limites da escultura ou o Eclecticismo. A analise formal debatese entre a figuracion mais realista e a abstraccion, entre as formas constructivas e as biomorficas. Utilizan un gran repertorio de materiais: nobres, principalmente o granito; industriais, entre os que destaca o aceiro, e mesmo materiais de refugallo, como parabrisas de automobiles accidentados.