Pastels - Exhibition catalogue

EK197969
The 17th century is traditionally considered to be the golden age of pastels. A medium without equal for rendering the effects of matter and the velvetiness of skin tone, pastels were often used only for portraits, to which they were particularly well suited.

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Characteristics

Number of illustrations
100
Artists
Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Odilon Redon (1840-1916), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Anonymous, Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953)
Dimensions
19,6 x 25,7 x 1,3 cm
Art movement
19th century
French
Reference
EK197969
EAN
9782711879694
Size of the book
Others
English
Reference
EK197987
EAN
9782711879878
Size of the book
Others
Editor
RMNGP Musée d'Orsay
Diffusor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée d'Orsay

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Edouard Manet (1832-1883)

Major French painter and engraver of the late 19th century. A precursor of modern painting, which he freed from academism, Édouard Manet is wrongly considered to be one of the fathers of Impressionism: he differs from it in that he is concerned about reality and makes little or no use of the new techniques of colour and the particular treatment of light.