Delacroix
The Late Work
Arlette Sérullaz
Vincent Pomarède
Joseph J. Rishel
Lee Johnson
Louis-Antoine Prost
David Loit
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A pivotal figure in the history of 19th-century art, Delacroix stands both at the culmination of the great painterly tradition of Titian, Veronese, Rubens and Rembrandt and at the beginning of something quite new and modern, as witnessed by the reverence given to him by such artists as Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso and Matisse, who were profoundly influenced by his work.
This magnificent book presents in glorious colour subjects ranging from saints and warriors to mythical goddesses, from Arab hunting scenes and tigers to bouquets of flowers.
Delacroix’s late work reveals a deepening spiritual intensity that has more to do with aesthetic reflection and recollection than with the expansive narrative that characterized his grand public commissions. Focusing on the artist’s last works allows further insight into this most remarkable and protean figure in the history of art.
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500092753 | | ISBN-13 978-0500092750 | | | | 30.5 x 23.0 cm | | Hardback | | 408pp | | 461 illustrations, 161 in colour | | First published 1998 | | | | £40.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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