Musical Notes by Honore Daumier: Prints from the Collection of Egon and Belle Gartenberg - Brossura

Robinson, Joyce Henri

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0911209476 ISBN 13: 9780911209471

Casa editrice: Palmer Museum of Art, 2002

Riassunto

A painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) was one of the most prolific and important artists of nineteenth-century France. He played a leading role in shaping the new realism brought to the portrayal of everyday life, but he is now best known for the thousands of caricatures he published in magazines and newspapers such asLe Charivari, a daily with satirical articles and a wide circulation. Musical Notes by Honoré Daumier, which accompanied an exhibition of prints from the Collection of Egon and Belle Gartenberg, focuses on Daumier's vivid records of the musical life of Paris. Although not himself a musician, Daumier had a keen interest in the amateur practice of the art as well as in grand opera and the celebrated performers and composers of his day.

Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Gioacchino Rossini, and Niccolò Paganini are among the "greats" lampooned in the lithographs inMusical Notes by Honoré Daumier. Other prints offer satirical glimpses into the music making of everyday Parisians—from squawking clarinets to flirtatious piano teachers and straining tenors. In these lithographs, as in most of the prints Daumier produced during his long career, he discloses the foibles and follies of a society facing rapid changes in its cultural norms.

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Joyce Henri Robinson is Curator at the Palmer Museum of Art and Affiliate Associate Professor of Art History at The Pennsylvania State University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palmer Museum of Art
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0911209476
• ISBN 13: 9780911209471
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 42
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