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Quat'z'arts: Art in celebration at the School of Fine Arts.
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| N° d'inventaire | 30149 |
| Format | 23.5 x 31 |
| Détails | 336 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782871434047 |
From 1892 to 1966, the annual Quat'Z'Arts parade was a much-anticipated tradition on the Parisian scene. The event was all the more legendary because the public was not allowed inside the ensuing ball. An artistic-erotic and humorous emanation of the students of the École des Beaux-Arts giving birth to munificent sets, the construction of the floats of the different workshops, the making of costumes and accessories, the design of posters and invitation cards, some of which are signed by famous artists or those about to become so: Mucha, Jules Chéret, Yves Brayer, ... The Quat'Z'Arts reflect the culture of the teachers and students through revisited historical themes: the Battle of Pharsalia, Salammbô, the Delights of Capua, The Triumphal Entry of Ramses II into Thebes ... The collective imagination has retained the image of naked beauties carried on the shoulders, but more than a libertine festival of youth or a modern Saturnalia, the Quat'Z'Arts are the fruit of an academic ideal aiming to achieve the union of the arts under the leadership of architecture.
From 1892 to 1966, the annual Quat'Z'Arts parade was a much-anticipated tradition on the Parisian scene. The event was all the more legendary because the public was not allowed inside the ensuing ball. An artistic-erotic and humorous emanation of the students of the École des Beaux-Arts giving birth to munificent sets, the construction of the floats of the different workshops, the making of costumes and accessories, the design of posters and invitation cards, some of which are signed by famous artists or those about to become so: Mucha, Jules Chéret, Yves Brayer, ... The Quat'Z'Arts reflect the culture of the teachers and students through revisited historical themes: the Battle of Pharsalia, Salammbô, the Delights of Capua, The Triumphal Entry of Ramses II into Thebes ... The collective imagination has retained the image of naked beauties carried on the shoulders, but more than a libertine festival of youth or a modern Saturnalia, the Quat'Z'Arts are the fruit of an academic ideal aiming to achieve the union of the arts under the leadership of architecture.