Contemplating Character
Portrait Drawings and Oil Sketches from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud
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Word Count
43,000 words, Guess
Page Count
172 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101938901800
- ISBN-139781938901805
- OCLC Control Number1035057601
- Better World Books9781938901805
- Open LibraryOL27364154M
Classifications
- LCCNC772 .J64 2018
Description
Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings and Oil Sketches from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud' explores the evolution of portraiture from the end of the 18th century until the present. In contrast to portraiture as the tired flattery of the rich and powerful, the invigorating new movements of Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism that took hold of art at the end of the 18th century and into the 19th century were the result of a desire for a sense of "unvarnished truth," and a more honest and gritty incisiveness of depiction emerged. By the 20th century, the hallmark of the portrait was individuality; the sense of personality was primary, whether stylistically Post-Impressionist, Expressionist, Surrealist, or Realist.
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