From drawing to painting
Subtitle: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, and Ingres
By: Pierre Rosenberg
Series: A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts -- 1996; Bollingen series -- XXXV, 47
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Drawing, French; Drawing -- 17th century -- France; Drawing -- 18th century -- France; Drawing -- 19th century -- France; Painting, French; Painting, Modern -- 17th century -- France; Painting, Modern -- 18th century -- France; Painting, French -- 19th century
Description: "From Drawing to Painting offers a unique perspective by interweaving biographical information about five renowned French artists - Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - with a look at dozens of their drawings and the links that they have to their paintings. Presenting over 250 illustrations, this book explores drawing as a site of reflection, the space between the idea of a painted image and its realization on canvas.".

"Originally delivered as a series of Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, From Drawing to Painting gives the reader an unprecedented view of the artistic process."--BOOK JACKET.