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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres: Taschen Basic Art Paperback – Download: Adobe Reader, December 7, 2006

by Karin Grimme (Author)
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The classical idealist French Neoclassical painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was one of the 19th century`s major portrait and historical painters. First trained in drawing by Europe`s most famous classicist painter Jacques-Louis David, Ingres went to Rome in his twenties, where he immersed himself in Greco-Roman art and the works of Raphael, Holbein, and Titian, and, while in Florence in 1819, was greatly influenced by Masaccio. He returned to Paris in 1824 and started his triumphant career. In 1825 he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor by King Charles X and was elected a member of the Academy. Though renowned for his painting of Oriental nudes reclining in harems or a Turkish baths, Ingres was also a master draughtsman, perhaps the most significant of the 19th century, and left 4000 sketches and drawings to his home town of Montauban. In opposition to the Romantics, Ingres upheld classical idealism with its clarity of line. His painting had a profound effect on artists like Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso and influenced, amongst others, Cindy Sherman and David Hockney. About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:
  • a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
  • a concise biography
  • approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
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    96 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Taschen America Llc
  4. Publication date
    December 7, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    7.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    3822853143
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3822853146
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Basic Art titles feature:
• detailed chronological summary of the artist’s life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
• over 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
• concise biography

About the Author

Berlin-based Karin H. Grimme works as a historian, art historian, and author for museums, exhibitions, and media, focusing on the history of the 19th and 20th centuries and in particular on the history of the Jews in Europe. She is the author of numerous journalistic and academic publications in the press, in broadcasting, and in the multimedia sphere; as author and editor she has produced works on, among other things, the Jewish bourgeoisie in the 19th century.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen America Llc (December 7, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3822853143
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3822853146
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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TC
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2018
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Good book.
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Miguel Dominguez
2.0 out of 5 stars Nice little pocketbook, but...
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2007
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Excellent art printing, but far too few samples of Ingres' art, and book is rather small. Would've worked best as an oversize coffetable picture book with lots more paintings and drawings.
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Marco Antonio Abarca
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to Ingres
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2007
In its "Back to Visual Basics" series, the German Publisher Taschen has introduced a new series of books whose purpose is to serve as an introduction to the great artists of the Western tradition. Each volume is 98 pages long and is filled with high quality reproductions of the artist's paintings. Accompanying these reproductions is a scholarly essay which explains why the artist is important and the context in which the paintings were produced.

I have always admired Ingres'paintings but only have the superficial knowledge of his work that comes from an art history survey course. For an investment of about ten dollars and an hour of reading time, I now have a much richer understanding of Jean-August Dominique Ingres and his time. Having finished this book, I am now considering purchasing a more indepth study of his work. The Taschen "Back to Basic Visual" series is a great bargain and I look forward to learning more about some of the other great artists of the Western tradition. Highly recommended.
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Adriane Lorenz
5.0 out of 5 stars Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Reviewed in Germany on September 20, 2013
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Die Ausgabe in Deutsch habe ich selbst, die englische Ausgabe ging nach Argentinien zu Freunden.Ingres liebe ich wegen seiner außergewöhnlichen Darstellung von Lichteinstellungen auf Stoffe und deren Muster.
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