| #1638723 in eBooks | 2008-09-09 | 2008-09-09 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Art book full of wonder!|By scalper|Original purchase was a fluke - trying to figure out wife's best painting-series I happened upon this book at going out of bs sale. After reading, passed it on to wife who also fell in love with author's unique word-picture narrative like we have never experienced. Bought another to pass on to scholarly neighbor and his wife and plan to pur|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . The 18th-century rococo artist Jean-Antoine Watteau is art critic Perl's favorite painter, one who transforms powerful feelings—of love, friendship, lust, avidity, curiosity—into delectable artistic play and poetic p
Antoine Watteau, one of the most mysterious painters who ever lived, is the inspiration for this delightful investigation of the tangled relationship between art and life. Weaving together historical fact and personal reflections, the influential art critic Jed Perl reconstructs the amazing story of this pioneering bohemian artist who, although he died in 1721, when he was only thirty-six, has influenced innumerable painters and writers in the centuries since—and w...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Antoine's Alphabet | Jed Perl. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
