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Watteau Antoine
Watteau's Painted Conversations: Art, Literature, and Talk in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France
 List Price: Price: $41.00 You Save: $39.00 (49%) DescriptionAntoine Watteau painted his "fetes galantes" during a period in which the art of polite conversation flourished in France. In this study, Mary Vidal shows that conversation was central to Watteau's images of sociability, providing the framework for figural and formal relationships even in his military, mythological, theatrical and religious works. Vidal argues that Watteau's painted conversations were not mere literal descriptions of social behaviour but repesented conversation as part of an aesthetic, linguistic and ethical system, as an art of living. Vidal shows that Watteau's focus on cnverstion was related to developments in the 17th- and 18th-century France: the rise and elaboration of an art of conversation, the connection between polite discourse and the redefinition of the nobility, the flourishng of women's salons in Paris and the development of the literary genre of the written conversation. Watteau recognised speech as the central sign system in French society and he identified the characteristics of fine conversation in his new manner of painting. Through this analogy, he presented the artistic process itself as the main concern of the elite artist, in contrast to the scholarly, text-dependent image of the Academy. In choosing conversation as his subject, Watteau associated his art with polite society. In his conversational artmaking, Watteau set up dialogic relationships between spoken words and images, art and society, viewer and painting. Often regarded as merely erotic and decorative, this books shows his painted conversations to be also works of substance, ideas and morals.
Watteau, Music, and Theater (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 List Price: Price: $22.00 You Save: $13.00 (37%) DescriptionAccompanying an exhibition in honor of Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this engaging book examines the influence of music and theater on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Fifteen major paintings and a number of drawings by Watteau that illustrate the connections between painting and the performing arts in Paris are explored. In addition, drawings and prints by other 18th-century artists featuring musical or theatrical subjects and objects and musical instruments are included.
Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World
 List Price: Price: $8.94 You Save: $16.06 (64%) DescriptionAntoine Watteau, one of the most mysterious painters who ever lived, is the inspiration for this delightful investigation of the tangled relationship between art and life. Weaving together historical fact and personal reflections, the influential art critic Jed Perl reconstructs the amazing story of this pioneering bohemian artist who, although he died in 1721, when he was only thirty-six, has influenced innumerable painters and writers in the centuries since—and whose work continues to deepen our understanding of the place that love, friendship, and pleasure have in our daily lives.Perl creates an astonishing experience by gathering his reflections on this “master of silken surfaces and elusive emotions” in the form of an alphabet—a fairy tale for adults—giving us a new way to think about art. This brilliant collage of a book is a hunt for the treasure of Watteau’s life and vision that encompasses the glamour and intrigue of eighteenth-century Paris, the riotous history of Harlequin and Pierrot, and the work of such modern giants as Cézanne, Picasso, and Samuel Beckett. By turns somber and beguiling, analytical and impressionistic, Antoine’s Alphabet reaffirms the contemporary relevance of the greatest of all painters of young love and imperishable dreams. It is a book to savor, to share, to return to again and again.
Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture of His Time
 List Price: Price: $132.50 DescriptionThe essays in Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture of His Time offer a richly textured portrait of the artist's life, work, and reputation for students, specialists, and the general public. The volume brings together art historians whose research is currently defining the field of Watteau studies with scholars from history and literature who have published widely on the political and cultural trends of Watteau's era. Essays include studies of the artist's drawing practice, his relation to the emerging public sphere, and the changing fortunes of his reputation, as well as considerations of art dealing and fashion in Watteau's time. Other essays take up conversation, dance, seduction, and theaticality as essential themes of Watteau's art. This volume will be an indispensable resource for all those interested in the visual culture of Regency France. The book contains sixty-five illustrations.
Jean-Antoine Watteau
 List Price: $4.95 DescriptionJean-Antoine WatteauBORN: October 10, 1684 in Valenciennes, France. DIED: July 18, 1721 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. MOVEMENT: Rococo INTERESTING FACTS: Watteau trained under Jacques-Albert Gerin. One of Watteaus main influences was Peter Paul Rubens. In 1709, Watteau was rejected for the Prix de Rome. Three years later, he tried again and was accepted as a full member of the Academy. Watteau is credited with creating the genre of fetes galantes (scenes of intimacy and personal pleasures). Watteau’s influence on the arts was more extensive than almost any other 18th-century artist. NOTABLE WORKS: The Embarkation for Cythera, Gilles, Italian Comedians, Peaceful Love, The French Comedy. JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU Art Book contains 55+ Reproductions of Portraits, Religious, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date. Jean-Antoine Watteau BORN: October 10, 1684 in Valenciennes, France. DIED: July 18, 1721 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. MOVEMENT: Rococo INTERESTING FACTS: Watteau trained under Jacques-Albert Gerin. One of Watteaus main influences was Peter Paul Rubens. In 1709, Watteau was rejected for the Prix de Rome. Three years later, he tried again and was accepted as a full member of the Academy. Watteau is credited with creating the genre of fetes galantes (scenes of intimacy and personal pleasures). Watteau’s influence on the arts was more extensive than almost any other 18th-century artist. NOTABLE WORKS: The Embarkation for Cythera, Gilles, Italian Comedians, Peaceful Love, The French Comedy. JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU Art Book contains 55+ Reproductions of Portraits, Religious, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Antoine Watteau: 1684-1721 (Masters of French Art)
 List Price: Price: $22.99 DescriptionThe volumes in this bibliophile series provide unique portraits of European art history. Readers gain fascinating insights into the artists' biographies and their styles: Durer and his famous portraits and altarpieces, the vivid farm scenes of Pieter Bruegel, the great painters of the Italian Renaissance, the symphonies in color of Titian, the mysterious chiaroscuro paintings of Caravaggio, the rococo worlds of Antoine Watteau, and the great historical paintings created by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Authoritative texts illuminate the decisive stages in the artists' lives and the development of their styles, explaining their impact against the background of their social context as well as their significance for following generations of artists. Plentiful large sized illustrations showcase each artist's oeuvre. Each volume contains a comprehensive appendix providing information on the artists' biographies in tabular form as well as an extensive bibliography. Each of the authors of the individual volumes is renowned in his or her field.Watteau Antoine News
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The StandardGrace and fervorThe inspiration for them are paintings of French painter Antoine Watteau, which capture the joie de vivre of 18th-century court society. Meticulous handcrafting can be seen in the ornamentation of the dresses but the true technical achievement is in