Portraits by Ingres
Subtitle: Image of an Epoch
Contributors: Gary Tinterow (Editor); Phillip Conisbee (Editor)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780300086539
Subjects: Individual artists; Painting & paintings; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; European; Individual Artist; Art / Individual Artist; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Art; Art & Art Instruction
First sentence: Toward the end of a century in which the most revolutionary art attempted to annihilate visible, earthbound realities and waft us to more exalted, imaginary domains, it may come as a shock to realize that the venerable traditions of portraiture are once again alive and well.