AddALL.com - Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century France (J. Paul Getty Museum) 0892368896 9780892368891

Don't forget to bookmark this web site !!

Used & Out of Print Books | Contact us | Home

Browse and Compare Price at 40+ Sites and 20,000+ Stores!!

Find more info., search and price compare for
Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century France (J. Paul Getty Museum)
by
Binding: Paperback, Not Stated edition, 192 pages
Publisher: Getty
Weight: 2.1 pound
Dimension: H: 0.5 x L: 11 x W: 10.9 inches
ISBN 10: 0892368896
ISBN 13: 9780892368891
Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com!

If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too!

Book Description:
This beautiful volume--published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum to be held from May 1 to September 2, 2007--is the first to focus on the series of life-size portraits painted by the eighteenth-century artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry of the animals in Louis XV's royal menagerie at Versailles. A tiger, a lion, a leopard, and, most impressive of all, the famous rhinoceros known as Clara joined a group of other exotic animals in Oudry's 'painted menagerie,' which was purchased in 1750 by his German patron, the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The book's insightful essays situate this suite of paintings within the context of Oudry's career; discuss Oudry's remarkable drawings of animals; and present a fascinating history of menageries and of the phenomenon known as 'Claramania'--when the real rhinoceros, Clara, traveled through Europe and caused a public sensation.

Shipping Destination:
State: (US only)
Display in:
Search by:


Searching for Out of Print Books? [Click Here]

[ For web hosting, AddALL recommend Liquidweb]