Jean-Antoine Houdon
Subtitle: Sculptor of the Enlightenment
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780226676494
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Sculpture; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Art & Art Instruction; Art; France; Individual Artist; Art / Sculpture
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.