Pompeo Batoni : prince of painters in eighteenth-century Rome / Edgar Peters Bowron and Peter Björn...
Pompeo Batoni : prince of painters in eighteenth-century Rome / Edgar Peters Bowron and Peter Björn...
Pompeo Batoni : prince of painters in eighteenth-century Rome / Edgar Peters Bowron and Peter Björn Kerber.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press ; Houston : Museum of Fine Arts, c2007.
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NQ759.5/89
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 230 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Inventive Storytelling: The Early Subject Pictures -- Ch. 2. British Patrons and the Grand Tour -- Ch. 3. Painter of Princes and Prince of Painters -- Ch. 4. "The Restorer of the Roman School": Final Years and Reception -- Ch. 5. Drawings, Working Methods, and Studio Practices.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press ; Houston : Museum of Fine Arts, c2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2007.
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Access Conditions
State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) was the most celebrated painter in Rome in his day. For nearly half a century he recorded the international travellers who visited the city on the Grand Tour, and these portraits remain among the most memorable artistic accomplishments of the period. His allegorical, religious, and mythological paintings were also highly...
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Pompeo Batoni : prince of painters in eighteenth-century Rome / Edgar Peters Bowron and Peter Björn Kerber.
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General note
Catalog of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oct. 21, 2007-Jan. 27, 2008 and at the National Gallery, London, Feb. 20-May 18, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.
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NQ759.5/89
Record Identifier
74VMQPGa82bM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQPGa82bM
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ISBN
9780890901588 (pbk.)
0890901589 (pbk.)
9780300126808
0300126808
DDC
759.5
MMS ID
991000367949702626
