The society portrait : painting, prestige and the pursuit of elegance / Gabriel Badea-Päun ; foreword by Richard Ormond.

By:

Badea-Păun, Gabriel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2007.Description: 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 35 cmISBN:

9780500238424 (hbk.) :
9780500238424

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.942 BAD

Contents:

Portrait: between reality and the ideal, truth and beauty -- Renaissance of a genre -- Splendors of the second empire -- Realism versus impressionism -- The belle eþpoque: portraiture at its zenith -- Decline of a genre.

Summary: With 217 illustrations, 182 of which are in colour, this book opens at the turn of the 19th century, when society portraiture was on the brink of a renaissance, and closes during its decline, as it struggled to evolve and survive in the post-war era.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	709.942 BAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		204996

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.

With 217 illustrations, 182 of which are in colour, this book opens at the turn of the 19th century, when society portraiture was on the brink of a renaissance, and closes during its decline, as it struggled to evolve and survive in the post-war era.