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Court Painter of the Sun King
Original title : RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE ( 1645 1710 ). Peindre pour Louis XIV
Category / section : History
- 1710
- 32 x 24 cm
- 304 p.
- Reliure éditeur
- 300 illustrations
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RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE (1645-1710). Painting for Louis XIV. A comprehensive study of the French Baroque artist who served as painter to the court of the Sun King, documenting his major commissions, artistic techniques, and influence on French academic painting during the reign of Louis XIV.
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- 1710
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- 32 x 24 cm
- Pagination
- 304 p.
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- Reliure éditeur
- Illustrations
- 300 illustrations
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- Sa carrière officielle exemplaire
- " Très bel exemplaire
Bookseller’s description (original French text)
LETT ( Matthieu ) [ Avant-propos de Béatrice Sarrazin ] [ Préface de Christian Michel ]
RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE ( 1645 1710 ). Peindre pour Louis XIV.
Arthena, 2020. Paris 2019. Reliure éditeur cartonnée sous jaquette illustrée. Format in-4°( 32 x 24 cm ). 304 pages avec 300 illustrations.
"Peintre du roi", René-Antoine Houasse (1645-1710) l'est assurément. Repéré, après son apprentissage chez Nicolas de Plattemontagne, par le Premier peintre du roi Charles Le Brun, il intervient sur tous les grands chantiers du règne de Louis XIV : à Versailles (Grand Appartement du roi, escalier des Ambassadeurs et galeries des Glaces), au Trianon de Marbre et aux Tuileries. Il réalise également de nombreux cartons de tapisserie pour la manufacture des Gobelins. Sa carrière officielle exemplaire, de sa réception à l'Académie royale (1672) à son directorat de l'Académie de France à Rome (1699-1704), ne doit pas éclipser son parcours artistique illustré par les grands décors des demeures royales dont son chef-d uvre, Iris et Morphée. La palette virtuose et singulière de ce sujet des Métamorphoses d'Ovide et sa proximité avec l'Endymion de Girodet ou le Narcisse de Guérin peints un siècle et demi plus tard ont suscité un nouvel intérêt du public dans les années 1960 pour ce peintre oublié. Houasse est également l'auteur, d'après un dessin de Le Brun, de l'un des portraits équestres de Louis XIV les plus célèbres et les plus diffusés. "
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