Hubert Robert
By: Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Yuriko Jackall ; with Guillaume Faroult, Catherine Voiriot, Joseph Baillio
Contributors: Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Musée du Louvre
Publisher: National Gallery of Art; in association with Lund Humphries
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781848221918
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: "Celebrated for the fundamental role he played in promoting the architectural capriccio, Hubert Robert (1733-1808) combined famous monuments of antiquity and modernity in unexpected ways to create strikingly new and imaginative city scenes and landscapes. Dubbed "Robert des ruines" by the great critic and encyclopedist Denis Diderot, Robert was regarded during his era as one of France's most prominent artists. His reputation has endured, but this monographic exhibition, coorganized by the National Gallery of Art and the Musée du Louvre, is the first to encompass his entire career and to survey his achievements as both a painter and a draftsman. Presenting a discerning selection of his works, five scholarly essays, and a biographical chronology, this volume richly illuminates Robert's outstanding accomplishments as an artist and his lasting contributions to French visual culture"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: "That splendid fellow Robert," the early years / Joseph Baillio; title: Robert, master draftsman / Margaret Morgan Grasselli; title: "The dreams of a brilliant man" : contemporary perspectives / Guillaume Faroult; title: Robert and the art of decoration / Yuriko Jackall; title: A driven yet most amiable man / Catherine Voiriot; title: Biographical chronology / Catherine Voiriot.