Böcker av Pierre Rosenberg

This book accompanies an exhibition at Waddesdon that will unite Chardin's four paintings of a boy with a house of cards for the first time (loans come from the Musee du Louvre, Paris; National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC), allowing us to examine Chardin's treatment of the subject in the context of his fascination ...

Interweaves biographical information about 5 renowned French artists - Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. This book presents over 260 illustrations, and explores drawing as a site of reflection, the space between the idea of a painted image and its realization on canvas.