Jean-Antoine Houdon
Subtitle: Sculptor of the Enlightenment
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780226676470
Subjects: The Arts: General Issues; Individual Artist; Sculpture; Art / Sculpture; General; Art; Art & Art Instruction; 1741-1828; Exhibitions; Houdon, Jean Antoine,; Portrait sculpture, French
First sentence: According to Jean-Antoine Houdon, "one of the most beautiful attributes of the difficult art of statuary is that it preserves forms in all their truth and renders almost imperishable the images of men who have brought their nation glory or happiness.