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The Secret Armoire: Corot's Figure Paintings and the World of Reading

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Secret Armoire: Corot's Figure Paintings and the World of Reading
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mariantonia e Reinhard-Felic
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Category/GenreRomanticism
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783777438412
ClassificationsDewey:759.4
Audience
General
Illustrations 100 colour illustrations

Publishing Details
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 10 December 2011
Publication Country Germany

Description

The outstanding painting A Girl Reading by Camille Corot (1796?1875) is placed in the context of a selection of Corot's paintings and drawings providing a key to his creative output in the genre of figure painting.

Author Biography

Mariantonia Reinhard-Felice is curator of the Oskar Reinhart Collection "Am Roemerholz" in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Reviews

"This small, beautiful show remind[s] us of one of the quiet voices of the great century of French painting."--Willibald Sauerlander "New York Review of Books" (4/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)