Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

XI; 145 S.; zahlr. Illustrationen; 23 cm. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

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Sehr gutes Ex.; Umschl. stw. geringfügig berieben. - Englisch. // INHALT : DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD ---- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ---- CONTRIBUTORS ---- CHRONOLOGY ---- Some Modest Reflections on Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) by Pierre Rosenberg ---- The Musical Theater in Watteau's Paris by Georgia J. Cowart ---- CATALOGUE ---- ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ---- ABBREVIATED REFERENCES ---- FURTHER READING ---- INDEX OF NAMES. // Focusing on both the visual and performing arts, Watteau, Music, and Theater explores the rich connections between painting and theater at a time when Louis XIV had reigned in France for some six decades. Its contents will engage admirers of the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) and that of other early eighteenth-century French artists. The fascinating developments in music and theater that took place in Paris during the early years of the eighteenth century, after the young Watteau arrived in the vibrant French capital, are the subject of this volume. An introductory essay by Pierre Rosenberg de l'Academie francaise, Honorary President-Director of the Musee du Louvre, Paris, opens the publication. A second essay by Georgia J. Cowart, Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University, furnishes instructive background information on the period's cultural milieu. A chronology of Watteau's life reveals the few facts known about this intriguing and somewhat mysterious artist. Brief biographies of the other artists represented are also included. Fifteen major paintings by Watteau and a number of his drawings demonstrate the ways in which the painter's vision reflects his involvement with actors, musicians, and the stage. The works discussed range from enchanting single figures to animated assemblages of players from the French and Italian theatrical tradition. You will meet Mezzetin, a stock character of the commedia dell'arte; Harlequin, garbed in the traditional black mask and a diamond-patterned costume; the cheerless and egotistical manservant Crispin, a leading stock comic character of the French stage; and Pierrot, a French charmer in his loose "clown" costume and pointed hat. The first of the sixty-three entries that examine individual works of art is Watteau's The Island of Cythera, an early canvas from about 1709-10, associated with the finale of Florent Carton Dancourt's play Les Trois Cousines ? (Verlagstext) ISBN 9781588393357