Encountering Genius - Houdon''s Portraits of Benjamin Franklin

Informationen zum Autor Jack Hinton is Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture; Melissa S. Meighan is Conservator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture; and Andrew Lins is the Neubauer Family Chair of Conservation and Senior Conservator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture! all at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Klappentext Benjamin Franklin caused a sensation when he arrived in Paris in December 1776 seeking support for America's struggle for independence: artists scrambled to portray him. The best-known image of Franklin was first conceived in 1778 by Jean-Antoine Houdon. This title investigates the making of Houdon's 1779 marble bust of Franklin. Zusammenfassung Benjamin Franklin caused a sensation when he arrived in Paris in December 1776 seeking support for America's struggle for independence: artists scrambled to portray him. The best-known image of Franklin was first conceived in 1778 by Jean-Antoine Houdon. This title investigates the making of Houdon's 1779 marble bust of Franklin.

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• Authors: Jack Hinton, Jack Lins Hinton, Jack Meighan Hinton, HINTON JACK MEIGHAN MELISSA S L, Andrew Lins, Melissa S. Meighan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9780300141641
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14164-1
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Yale)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques