This is one of a small-format series in which each title examines one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science or nature. Exploring the life and work of the French artist Gustave Moreau, this is an account of one of the painters who paved the way for modern art. The teacher of Matisse and Rouault, he created in his work a world of glittering illusion and mystery. His complex, decorative style united a passion for mythology and mysticism with exquisite craftsmanship, and inspired a generation of Symbolist painters and writers, including Proust, Mallarme and the England Pre-Raphaelites.
- ISBN10 0810928779
- ISBN13 9780810928770
- Publish Date 1 June 1999
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 14 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Abrams
- Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 127
- Language English