segunda-feira, dezembro 08, 2003
Jean-Antoine Houdon - Sculptor of the Enlightenment
Jean-Antoine Houdon, The Kiss Given (Le Baiser donné), 1778.
"The portraits of Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828), capture the character of the men and women who defined the Enlightenment, a period of revolutionary political and social change in France and America. The Enlightenment challenged traditional beliefs about the world and led to extraordinary efforts to transform it. Houdon's genius lay in his ability to evoke these new ideas in three-dimensional media. His startlingly lifelike portraits of leading figures of the day—including Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Napoleon—vividly recall the Enlightenment."
posted by Luís Miguel Dias segunda-feira, dezembro 08, 2003
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