Jean-Antoine Houdon
Subtitle: Sculptor of the Enlightenment
Contributors: J. Paul Getty Museum (Corporate Author); Musee National Des Chateaux De Versailles Et De Trianon (Corporate Author)
Publisher: National Gallery of Art
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780894683015
Subjects: Houdon, Jean Antoine,; Biography/Autobiography; Art & Art Instruction; Sculpture; Portrait sculpture, French; Exhibitions; 1741-1828
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.