Название: Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor, 1730–1809
Автор(ы): James David Draper, Guilhelm Scherf
Издательство: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Год: 1997
ISBN: 978-0870998409
Страниц: 434
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 106 MB

This groundbreaking publication is the first major study of the French Neoclassical sculptor Augustin Pajou (1730–1809) in almost a century, and it is the only work about him in English. Less known outside his native land than his contemporaries Pigalle, Clodion, and Houdon, he is fully as worthy of attention. Here the artist's work is discussed and illustrated in depth, and the artistic, courtly, and aristocratic circles in which he worked are considered in detail. This fresh examination concentrates on the beginnings of Neoclassicism and explores the philosophical and scientific underpinnings of the Enlightenment, in which Pajou played an important part.