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Author Shelton, Andrew Carrington.

Title Ingres and his critics / Andrew Carrington Shelton
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
regular print
Contents Introduction : the critics and the Ingres (1834-1855) -- Le Martyre de Saint Symphorien at the 1834 Salon -- La Stratonice -- La gloire à̀ Domicile : the studio exhibitions of 1841-42 -- The painter behind the canvas -- L ̓Oeuvre de Monsieur Ingres
Summary "This book examines the critical writing and journalistic reportage on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, from the time of his renunciation of the Salon in 1834 until his large retrospective at the 1855 Universal Exposition. This massive body of writing demonstrates how the artist negotiated the contradictory forces dominating the rapidly evolving art world of mid-nineteenth-century Paris. While continuing to enjoy the benefits of his affiliation with the Academy, Ingres employed certain modes of presentation - most notably the single-artist exhibition and illustrated monograph - that effectively distanced his work and public persona from the increasingly embattled world of artistic officialdom, implicating them instead in the burgeoning modernist ideal of self-generating creative genius
The resulting fluctuation in Ingres's critical profile - between imperious chef d'ecole and persecuted artiste maudit - provides a new context in which to consider the formal qualities of his work, which likewise vacillate between academic banality and modernist bizzarerie."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-314) and index
Subject Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Art criticism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Author Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867.
LC no. 2005012224
ISBN 9780521842433 hardback
0521842433 hardback