The Brothers Le Nain
painters of seventeenth-century France
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Author
Contributions
- Kimbell Art Museum - Contributor
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Contributor
- Musée du Louvre-Lens - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Yale University Press, California
Language
English
Word Count
113,250 words, Guess
Page Count
453 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100300218885
- ISBN-139780300218886
- Library of Congress Control Number2016002619
- OCLC Control Number926820871
- Better World Books9780300218886
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27212232M
Classifications
- DDC700.92/2
- LCCND553.L8 A4 2016
- LCCND553.L8A4 2016
Description
"In France in the 17th century, the brothers Antoine (c. 1588-1648), Louis (c. 1593-1648), and Mathieu (1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their depictions of middle-class leisure activities, and particularly for their representations of peasant families, who gaze out at the viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions, along with their oddly suspended action, imparts a sense of dignity to their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting the artists' full range of production, including altarpieces, private devotional paintings, portraits, and the poignant images of peasants for which the brothers are best known, this generously illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship, dating, and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of the paintings, which constitutes a major contribution to the scholarship on the Le Nain brothers."--
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