In the kitchen of art: selected essays and criticism, 2003-20

"It was, in fact, during the waning decades of the ancien régime that several enterprising and hugely ego-centric craftsmen developed transfer and lining techniques that were to put some of the Crown's greatest masterpieces at unconscionable risk. Not painters by training, the Hacquins, pè...

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Main Author: Grassi, Marco 1934- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Criterion Books 2021
Edition:First American edition
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"It was, in fact, during the waning decades of the ancien régime that several enterprising and hugely ego-centric craftsmen developed transfer and lining techniques that were to put some of the Crown's greatest masterpieces at unconscionable risk. Not painters by training, the Hacquins, père et fils, the Picaults, père et fils, the widow Godefroid, to mention the most prominent, plied their trade well into the museum age, each promoting his or her own special and very secret techniques. This coincided roughly with the fall of the monarchy and the establishment of the Musée National (later Musée Napoléon, and later still, Musée du Louvre). It was the first public gallery to open its doors, and although artists of the stature of Jacques-Louis David were still very much involved in the new enterprise, the museum consecrated the roles of restorer, curator, and administrator. The "kitchen of art" is born. This essay collection, comprised of submissions to the New Criterion from over the years, will explore the "kitchen of art" from the point of view of an Italian-born American amateur art-historian"--
Physical Description:XXVIII, 196 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:9781641771955
164177195X

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