| Description |
255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Catalog of an exhibition held at Musee d'Orsay, Paris, Feb. 2-May 2, 2004, Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, June 10-Sept. 6, 2004, and Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and indexes. |
| Contents |
"The most beautiful Negro is not the one who looks most like us," Cordier, 1862 / Laure de Margerie -- "To have the courage of his conviction to polychromy" : Charles Cordier and the sculpture of the Second Empire / Edouard Papet -- The polychromy techniques of Charles Cordier / Edouard Papet -- The trip to Greece, April to November 1858 / Edouard Papet and Maria Vigli -- Models and norms : the relationship between ethnographic photographs and sculptures / Christine Barthe -- Ethnographic life casts in the nineteenth century / Edouard Papet -- Chronology / Laure de Margerie -- Catalogue raisonne / Jeannine Durand-Revillon (1929-1999) and Laure de Margerie -- Works in the exhibition -- Works by Charles Cordier exhibited between 1848 and 1906 / Laure de Margerie. |
| Subject |
Cordier, Charles, 1827-1905 -- Exhibitions.
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Figure sculpture, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Polychromy -- France -- Exhibitions.
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Ethnic groups in art -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Margerie, Laure de.
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Papet, Edouard.
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Barthe, Christine.
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Vigli, Maria.
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Musee d'Orsay.
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Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec.
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Dahesh Museum of Art.
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| ISBN |
0810956063 (hardcover) |
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9780810956063 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 8588186 |
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AU@ 000025935485 |
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