A gorgeous book! | The Society Portrait: From David to Warhol

VERY IMPRESSIVE!!! | The Society Portrait: From David to Warhol | Gabriel Badea-Päun

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	• The Society Portrait: From David to Warhol Gabriel Badea-Päun Vendome Press, 2007 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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A critically important and essential addition

Featuring two hundred full color photographic reproductions, "The Society Portrait From David To Warhol" by art historian Gabriel Badea-Paun showcases society portraits of the nineteenth and early twentieth century in terms of their images and iconography. An impressively diverse yet representative gallery of portraits dating from the early 1800s to the post-World War II era, many of these works of art were painted society portraits by artists for whom portraiture was a full-time occupation. The artist range from Jacque-Louis Davide (considered a master of Classicism); to Andy Warhol (the acknowledge and legendary guru of Pop Art); to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingress 9known for his linear and rigorous portraits); to John Singer Sargent (who depicted the nobility and plutocracy associated with the Gilded Age); to Giovanni Boldini (noted for his renderings of literary and theatrical personalities). An impressive and seminal work, "The Society Portrait From David To Warhol" is a critically important and essential addition for personal, professional, and academic library History of Art reference collections and supplemental reading lists. Informed and informative, it is also very highly recommended and quite appropriate as a community library Memorial Fund acquisition.

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A gorgeous book!

I love this book. As a painter, I usually buy books to study technique, composition, color--this book is a wonderful addition to my library, well worth the money. Full of excellent color plates across a wide variety of styles and eras, Society Portraits transcends its title.

VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!

This book is a real delight! The presentation is perfect, attractive. A lot of big pictures, very colorful and presented on a paper of a great quality. It presents a vast selection of great painters. I was so happy to receive this one! If you're not sure, don't hesitate you'll be impressed!

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Five stars are not enough.

This is one of those few books that exceeded my expectations. This is a book an artist will appreciate. All the images are in color, very well done color. The publishers were not afraid to cross the gutter to show off the paintings. There are numerous paintings reproduced over both pages and many close ups. This is a very satisfying purchase. As an artist I purchase these books to study techniques, and this is one to own. All the greats are present. One curiosity is the line of history followed toward the end as we near WArhol. There have always been magnificent portrait artists in the 20th century who would fit quite nicely with the Sargents, etc that are entirely ignored in favor of...Warhol? (Annigoni gets a passing nod, but the focus is then put on a few photographers) The book really peters out after 1940's. No matter. A truly wonderful book. One of the few really great examples of how an art book should be.

P.S. Dear Mr. Ormond, would you please consider doing a book on Boldini?

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In a time that celebrates beauty and money over so much else, this book is a lesson in elegance, grace, and style. It draws together for the first time in a single volume a sumptuous gallery of portraits dating from the early nineteenth century to World War II. Some are well-known, others unfamiliar, but all capture the spirit of their age, throwing the society that produced them into sharp and vivid relief.

The Society Portrait offers entertaining anecdotes and intriguing insights into the personalities of both the artists and their patrons, providing a panorama of the settings in which the portraits were created, from French châteaux and English country houses to American mansions and Russian palaces.

From David to Ingres, from Sargent to Boldini, from Dali to Warhol, The Society Portrait presents a dazzling array of works of art, and discusses them in their art historical and social context in the most elegant and entertaining manner.

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