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| Titre : | Elisabeth Vig├®e Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution |
| Auteurs : | Gita May |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Yale University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-300-10872-9 |
| Index. décimale : | 759 (Histoire et g├®ographie) |
| Résumé : |
The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vig├®e Le Brun (1755ÔÇö1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made Vig├®e Le Brun a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, she nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent, self-supporting artist, doggedly setting up studios in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London. Long overlooked or dismissed, Vig├®e Le BrunÔÇÖs portraits now hang in the Louvre, in a room of their own, as well as in all leading art museums of the world. This gripping biography tells the story of a singularly gifted and high-spirited woman during the revolutionary era and explores the development and significance of her art. The book also recounts the public and private lives of Elisabeth Vig├®e Le Brun, connecting┬á her with such personalities of her age as Catherine the Great, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin, and setting her experiences in the context of contemporary European politics and culture. A generous selection of illustrations, including sixteen of Vig├®e Le BrunÔÇÖs portraits presented in full color, completes this exceptional volume. ** |
