"The most beautiful pastel ever seen" - The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Etienne Liotard Koja StephanPevná vazba
"The most beautiful pastel ever seen" - The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Etienne Liotard Koja StephanPevná vazba The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Swiss artist Jean- tienne Liotard…
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"The most beautiful pastel ever seen" - The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Etienne Liotard Koja StephanPevná vazba
The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Swiss artist Jean- tienne Liotard (1702-1789). Its sober and precise observation exemplifies the art of the Enlightenment and anticipates the realism of the nineteenth century. This remarkable painting shows an unknown domestic servant--until then a rarely chosen subject--carrying a luxurious chocolate drink on a platter.
Situating the painting alongside characteristic works from other creative periods, the editors illuminate the art of pastel painting in which The painting had a tremendous effect in its time--deemed "the most beautiful pastel ever seen" by Liotard's contemporary Rosalba Carriera--and remains influential today.This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which The Chocolate Girl was created, during the French-inspired rococo, and in the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresa.