Présentation de l'éditeur
Book Description
French painters were affected by Italian and Flemish masters as styles evolved and theories were debated. At mid-century, a group of Paris artists banded together to establish the Royal Academy that would formally define and perpetuate French art. These paintings represent the various strands incorporated into this richly woven national style.
From the exquisite Mannerism of the monumental Adoration of the Magi by Georges Lallermant (1575-1636), to the thunder drama of the Judith by Jean Valentin (1591-1632), to the noble classicism of Cleopatra and the Asp by Michel Comeille I (1601-1664), to the sumptuous Louis XIV panoply of fruit, flowers, precious vessels, and cloth of gold by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699), this book shows the very best of their achievements.
