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A college Fine Arts Major's dream come true!!
This book covers the structural anatomy with pin-point accuracy. Though this isn't really an anatomy book by title, by examining Prud'hon's structural techniques, one can easily see all of college's artistic anatomy classes in one of his graphics. ... Read more

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A must have for Prud'hon fans
If you're a Prud'hon fan, this is a wonderful book that you should add to your collection. I've owned 2 copies of this book for years and find that I pull one out frequently. The visual contents include paintings ranging from his very early works to his final paintings, giving you a good idea of this man's talent. The text is entertaining and enlightening.

In contrast to the other review written here, I couldn't disagree more with the assessment that if you're interested in his drawings don't buy this book. While it's true that there's more space (text, pictures) dedicated to paintings, there's a wonderful section on his academic drawings, and his other drawings - preparatory, illustrations, and those for engravings - are literally everywhere throughout the book! The other reviewer must have been reviewing a different book or not understood what he/she was seeing; either way the comments are unfortunately misleading.

Another correction to the first review is that most of Prud'hon's drawings - finished or otherwise - were not executed in charcoal; they were done in black and white chalk. This is an important distinction to artists, which I can only assume the other reviewer is not.

In summary, this is a beautiful book is one of my favorites and may become one of yours too. I hope that this review corrects some of the misstatements made by the previous reviewer which may have caused interested people not to purchase it. Highly recommended!

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon presented by the N.Y. Met.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put together a fine and thorough catalog of Prud'hon's studies and finished works of both charcoal drawings and paintings. This book is not only great for visual references but also complete in text explaining the purpose of each work and where Prud'hon was in his life at the time. If however, you are looking for emphasis on his drawings, I wouldn't recommend this book because though the drawings are in it, they are reduced with more emphasis on the text and so make up only a small portion of the entire book. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from New Criterion, published by Foundation for Cultural Review on May 1, 1998. The length of the article is 3498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A New York Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition of the paintings of the French artist, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, who lived from 1758 to 1823, demonstrates how difficult it is to place individual artists in categories of art movements, and prompts speculation about the artistic relationship between Prud'hon and artists of his time. His style could be Rococo, Classical, or Romantic. He is little known today but was well known during his life.

Citation Details
Title: Prud'hon at the Metropolitan.(19th-century French artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon)
Author: Karen Wilkin
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1998
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 16Issue: 9Page: 34(1)

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