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Nature's Workshop: Renoir's Writings on the Decorative Arts - Robert Herbert

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Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Pages
296
Publication Date
2000-04-10
ISBN
9780300081367

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This book shows Auguste Renoir in an entirely new light, revealing an artist far more complex and thoughtful than previously believed. Seven unknown and unpublished texts written by Renoir, along with four other writings once published but now largely forgotten, are presented here in both French and English. They identify Renoir as an impassioned critic of architecture, architectural decoration, and the education of artists. These surprising texts were written in 1883-84, when Renoir hoped to found an exhibition society grouping all the crafts, and around 1910, when he prepared several drafts of a preface to a French translation of Cennino Cennini's medieval treatise on the arts. Robert L. Herbert has uncovered Renoir's "Grammar of Art," long believed lost, and has disproved the idea that his reading of Cennini was related to his trip to Italy in 1881. Renoir provides a walking tour of Paris with abundant references to specific buildings exhibiting the Second Empire architecture he found so despicable. He examines academic art, modern industry, and how together they undermine the values of craft and individuality. And he insists that good art like nature never achieves perfect geometry or symmetry but is unregimented, "natural." Herbert discusses Renoir's aesthetic in the context of the flow of ideas on the decorative arts at the time and reassesses the artist in the light of these lively rediscovered writings.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300081367
ISBN-13
9780300081367
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3046574465

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
296 Pages
Publication Name
Nature's Workshop : Renoir's Writings on the Decorative Arts
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Individual Artists / General, General, Decorative Arts
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Design, Art
Author
Robert L. Herbert
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
31.1 oz.
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.7 in

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Scholarly & Professional

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