The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
by Schwartz, Emmanuel; George Steiner and Philippe Senechal
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0300109180
- ISBN 13
- 9780300109184
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New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine, red and color illustrated dust jacket; xxi, 337 pp.; 85 bw, 138 color plates and figures. Originally published as Dieux et Mortels: Les themes homeriques dans les collections de l'Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts de Paris, which accompanied an exhibition at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris; This edition accompanied the exhibition held at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Dahesh Museum of Art; Features works from the Ecole... that were inspired by Homer and/or other works of Greek mythology and poetry; Includes works by Antoine-Louis Barye, Francois Boucher, Gustave Boulanger, Honore Daumier, Jacques-Louis David, Eugene Delacroix, Constant-Ambroise Roux, Simon Vouet, and many others. "With illuminating texts by prominent French scholars and a preface by George Steiner on the reception of Homer in France, The Legacy of Homer examines the historic and artistic importance of the works housed in the Ecole and pays homage to Homer, the great source that inspired them."--Jacket.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
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- Title
- The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
- Author
- Schwartz, Emmanuel; George Steiner and Philippe Senechal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0300109180
- ISBN 13
- 9780300109184
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- European Art ; Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts Collection ; ;
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