by Anita Brookner, Antoine Watteau · Littlehampton Book Services Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780600392477
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«Watteau» is Anita Brookner's art monograph on Antoine Watteau, published in paperback by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd (84 pp., in English).
Analysis of the life and work of Antoine Watteau, central figure of French Rococo, written by Anita Brookner. The volume surveys his court scenes and celebrated fêtes galantes, paying attention to the melancholic atmosphere and chromatic refinement of his paintings, with 47 full-color plates illustrating the study.
The volume belongs to the The Colour Library of Art collection; this edition is from 1971, based on a text originally published in 1967.
Reference work for art history students and enthusiasts of Rococo painting.
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.
