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Nevill Jackson , mrs. E. - SILHOUETTES - A HISTORY AND DICTIONA
| Schrijver: | Nevill Jackson , mrs. E. |
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| Titel: | SILHOUETTES - A HISTORY AND DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS ( with 300 illustrations ) |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | ISBN 0 - 486 - 24210 - 2 ( 1981 ) |
| Bijzonderheden: | 1981 , pb., 154 blz. , geill. |
| Prijs: | € 10,00 (Excl. verzendkosten) |
| Meer info: |
unabridged edition from book edited in 1938
FRAGMENT VAN FLAPTEKST : the sihouette took its name from Etienne de Silhouette , the notoriously parsimonious 18th-century French minister of finance who adopted the pastime of cutting out cheap paper profiles of his contempories ; even with so inauspicious an early association, this humble art quickly became one of the most popular pre-photographic forms of portraiture ; with means as simple as scissors and paper , a skillful artist could capture a remarkably faithfull likeness in a few minutes ; the less well-to-do filled albums with these inexpensive shadow portraits of family , friends and favourite celebrities, while their wealthy neighbours had silhouettes painted on costly jewelry ; at its height , silhouetting was a craze that captivated the fancy and engaged the skills of natables as diverse as Goethe , Princess Elizabeth ( daughter of King George III ) and Charles Willson Peale ... |
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