Augustin Pajou
Subtitle: royal sculptor, 1730-1809
By: James David Draper, Guilhem Scherf.
Contributors: Pajou, Augustin, 1730-1809.; Scherf, Guilhem.; Musée du Louvre.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Réunion des Musées Nationaux; Distributed by H.N. Abrams; Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York; Paris; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Pajou, Augustin, 1730-1809 -- Exhibitions.; Neoclassicism (Art) -- France -- Exhibitions.
Description: This publication is the first major study of the French Neoclassical sculptor Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) in almost a century, and it is the only work about him in English. Here the artist's work is discussed and illustrated in depth, and the artistic, courtly, and aristocratic circles in which he worked are considered in detail.

This examination concentrates on the beginnings of Neoclassicism and explores the philosophical and scientific underpinnings of the Enlightenment, in which Pajou played an important part.

This publication, which accompanies a major exhibition at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents to both the scholar and the general reader a great artist who has at last received his due. The volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a detailed chronology, a short history of the artist's critical reputation, an exhaustive bibliography, and a complete index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-420) and index.
"Issued in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, from October 20, 1997 to January 19, 1998 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from February 26 to May 24, 1998"--T.p. verso.