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- catalog abstract ""Gustave Moreau was one of the most influential painters of the 19th century, yet he is little known today. Teacher of Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault, he created a world of glittering, bejeweled illusion and mystery in his art. His complex, decorative style united a passion for mythology and mysticism with exquisite craftsmanship, and inspired a generation of Symbolist painters, poets, and writers, among them Proust, Mallarme, and the English Pre-Raphaelites. In his elusive, shadowed universe, compounded of dreams, memories, fragments of poetry, and ancient myths, Salome dances, Oedipus confronts the Sphinx, and Orpheus, master of music, sets his lyre singing. Trained in Renaissance art traditions, Moreau helped to open the way for modern art, and was especially fascinating to the later Surrealists, themselves drunk on dreams. Genevieve Lacambre takes us into the heart of this man's unique creativity, exploring his life and artistic sources. More than 120 paintings, drawings, and watercolors and a wealth of documents, letters, and photographs illustrate the life and work of this singular artist."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Gustave Moreau, maître sorcier. English".
- catalog contributor b11724518.
- catalog contributor b11724519.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Gustave Moreau was one of the most influential painters of the 19th century, yet he is little known today. Teacher of Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault, he created a world of glittering, bejeweled illusion and mystery in his art. His complex, decorative style united a passion for mythology and mysticism with exquisite craftsmanship, and inspired a generation of Symbolist painters, poets, and writers, among them Proust, Mallarme, and the English Pre-Raphaelites. In his elusive, shadowed universe, compounded of dreams, memories, fragments of poetry, and ancient myths, Salome dances, Oedipus confronts the Sphinx, and Orpheus, master of music, sets his lyre singing.".
- catalog description "1. Uncertain Beginnings -- 2. In the School of Italy -- 3. A Hope for History Painting -- 4. The Birth of Symbolism -- 5. A Message to Future Generations.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 122) and index.".
- catalog description "Trained in Renaissance art traditions, Moreau helped to open the way for modern art, and was especially fascinating to the later Surrealists, themselves drunk on dreams. Genevieve Lacambre takes us into the heart of this man's unique creativity, exploring his life and artistic sources. More than 120 paintings, drawings, and watercolors and a wealth of documents, letters, and photographs illustrate the life and work of this singular artist."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "127 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Gustave Moreau.".
- catalog identifier "0810928779 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gustave Moreau.".
- catalog isPartOf "Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Discoveries".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harry N. Abrams,".
- catalog relation "Gustave Moreau.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "759.4 B 21".
- catalog subject "Moreau, Gustave, 1826-1898.".
- catalog subject "ND553.M8 L26 1999".
- catalog subject "Painters France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Symbolism (Art movement) France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Uncertain Beginnings -- 2. In the School of Italy -- 3. A Hope for History Painting -- 4. The Birth of Symbolism -- 5. A Message to Future Generations.".
- catalog title "Gustave Moreau, magic and symbols / Geneviève Lacambre ; [translated from the French by Benjamin Lifson].".
- catalog title "Gustave Moreau, maître sorcier. English".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".