- Publisher: Unicorn
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 176pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 246x176mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9781911397595
- Product code: 546921
Liotard
A Portrait of Eighteenth-Century Europe
Christopher Baker New Hardback Illustrated
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In a career that spanned major cities including Paris, London, and Constantinople, Jean-Etienne Liotard became recognized for his mastery in pastel and uncanny realism in portraits that captured a diverse cross-section of society. This study examines his artistic practice and reputation, exploring themes such as fashion history and orientalism within the cultural context of Enlightenment Europe.
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Jean Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) was one of the most accomplished, idiosyncratic and witty artists of 18th-century Europe. Born in Geneva, he pursued a remarkable career, travelling across the continent and the Near East, portraying a riveting cross-section of society. Liotard worked in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Venice, Constantinople and Vienna and excelled as a specialist in the delicate art of pastel. He became renowned for the uncanny realism of his portraits as well as the beauty of his drawings, while also experimenting with watercolour, oil painting, printmaking and enamels. In Britain he enjoyed notoriety because of his exotic persona, and received commissions from royalty, aristocrats, grand tourists and celebrities.
LIOTARD: A Portrait of Eighteenth-Century Europe plots the career and practice and reputation of an extraordinary artist who deserves to be better known. This new study throws light on the wider cultural environment he navigated, illuminating connected themes, including fashion history, orientalism and the promotion and display of portraits in the public and private spheres of Enlightenment Europe.
LIOTARD: A Portrait of Eighteenth-Century Europe plots the career and practice and reputation of an extraordinary artist who deserves to be better known. This new study throws light on the wider cultural environment he navigated, illuminating connected themes, including fashion history, orientalism and the promotion and display of portraits in the public and private spheres of Enlightenment Europe.
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<p>In a career that spanned major cities including Paris, London, and Constantinople, Jean-Etienne Liotard became recognized for his mastery in pastel and uncanny realism in portraits that captured a diverse cross-section of society. This study examines his artistic practice and reputation, exploring themes such as fashion history and orientalism within the cultural context of Enlightenment Europe.</p>
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