Exhibition catalog of the Musée d'Orsay.
Pastels.
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| N° d'inventaire | 26371 |
| Format | 25.5 x 19.5 |
| Détails | 144 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782711879694 |
The 17th century is traditionally considered the golden age of pastel. A medium without equal for rendering material effects and the velvety texture of skin, pastel was often used only for portraiture, to which it lends itself particularly well.
The Musée d'Orsay's collection contains around 500 works.
This book highlights, through a hundred works, the singularity of pastel, neither truly drawing nor painting, and the immediate relationship with the material that is specific to it. Pastel is in fact essentially made up of pure pigments, and creates a flower suspended on the grain of the paper or canvas, whose vibration makes the beauty, but
also the great fragility. This work will be structured around eight major themes highlighting the revival of pastel from the second half of the 19th century by revealing the works of Millet, Degas, Manet, Cassatt, Redon, Lévy-Dhurmer and many others.
Exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay from March 14 to July 2, 2023
The Musée d'Orsay's collection contains around 500 works.
This book highlights, through a hundred works, the singularity of pastel, neither truly drawing nor painting, and the immediate relationship with the material that is specific to it. Pastel is in fact essentially made up of pure pigments, and creates a flower suspended on the grain of the paper or canvas, whose vibration makes the beauty, but
also the great fragility. This work will be structured around eight major themes highlighting the revival of pastel from the second half of the 19th century by revealing the works of Millet, Degas, Manet, Cassatt, Redon, Lévy-Dhurmer and many others.
Exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay from March 14 to July 2, 2023
The Musée d'Orsay's collection contains around 500 works.
This book highlights, through a hundred works, the singularity of pastel, neither truly drawing nor painting, and the immediate relationship with the material that is specific to it. Pastel is in fact essentially made up of pure pigments, and creates a flower suspended on the grain of the paper or canvas, whose vibration makes the beauty, but
also the great fragility. This work will be structured around eight major themes highlighting the revival of pastel from the second half of the 19th century by revealing the works of Millet, Degas, Manet, Cassatt, Redon, Lévy-Dhurmer and many others.
Exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay from March 14 to July 2, 2023