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Published to accompany a major exhibition of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's paintings held in Paris and Ottawa during 1996, and forthcoming to New York. From nearly 3,000 paintings by this poetic 19th-century artist, the curators chose 163 works, which are reproduced here along with full art-historical discussions of each. Three major essays chronicle Corot's life and the development of his art; additional essays elucidate the subject of forgeries and describe the collecting of his works. Much original new scholarship is included along with a review of the scholarly literature, a concordance, and a chronology. 9.5x12.5"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Was Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot the last of the Classical painters or a precursor of the Impressionists? With his quiet, luminous canvases, which were miracles of light, color, and form, this legendary French painter forever changed the direction of landscape painting.

The opening of the Louvre-Lens is an exceptional opportunity to rethink the centuries-old relationship between the collections in the Louvre Museum and its visitors. At the heart of this museum is the "Galerie du Temps", whose design was entrusted to Studio Adrien Gardère. It presents 205 exhibits from all the departments in the Louvre in a single space. Displayed in chronological order, these works have previously always been seen in separate exhibition spaces, being issued from different civilisations, schools or techniques. On this journey through different civilizations, the gallery allows visitors to compare universally recognized masterpieces, such as Gudea, Prince of Lagash, the statuette of Queen Tiye Beside King Amenhotep III, the Discophoros, the Angel's Head mosaic from the basilica in Torcello, Self-Portrait with a Friend by Raphael, the Bather by Falconet and Oedipus and the Sphinx by Ingres. This guide to the Louvre-Lens discusses and reproduces in their entirety the works exhibited in the "Galerie du Temps", allowing us to prolong and deepen our visual encounter with art and history.

"A travers les représentations de reines, de princesses, de bourgeoises et de paysannes, ce sont toutes les civilisations qui défilent devant nous, ainsi que leur réalité politique, économique et sociale ; à travers les figures de déesses, de nymphes, de vierges ou de saintes, ce sont toutes les religions de l'histoire du monde qui se révèlent dans leur différence et leur complémentarité ; à travers les images d'épouses, de mères, de maîtresses, de femmes offertes ou de liseuses mélancoliques, c'est l'intimité, l'infini et le mystère de la féminité que les artistes sont parvenus à décrire. Vincent Pomarède est directeur du département des Peintures du musée du Louvre, Paris. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur Corot, Ingres ou Chassériau."--P. [4] of cover.