Noir
Subtitle: the romance of black in 19th-century French drawings and prints
By: Lee Hendrix, with Cynthia Burlingham, Laurel Garber, Timothy David Mayhew, Michelle Sullivan, and Nancy Yocco
Contributors: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781606064825
Subjects: French Prints; French Drawing; Exhibitions
Description: "Accompanies an exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles and explores tonality and black media in nineteenth-century French drawings and prints"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Noir: The Romance of Black in Nineteenth-Century French Drawings and Prints, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 9 to May 15, 2016"--ECIP data view.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Revivals and modernity: the printed image in nineteenth-century France / Cynthia Burlingham; title: Prelude: dark romanticism / Lee Hendrix; title: Landscape, charcoal, and the etching revival / Lee Hendrix; title: Realism / Lee Hendrix; title: Fantasy and dreams / Lee Hendrix; title: The optics of shadow / Lee Hendrix; title: Diversity and complexity in black drawing media: four case studies / Michelle Sullivan and Nancy Yocco; title: Dessin au fusain: nineteenth-century French charcoal drawing materials and techniques / Timothy David Mayhew; title: A closer look: an illustrated glossary of materials and techniques used in nineteenth-century noir drawings / Michelle Sullivan and Nancy Yocco.