drawing, french

One of a series of books which form a treasury of French drawings from the 15th century through Gericault.

The director of the Musee du Louvre presents more than 250 illustrations and discusses the lives of five French artists--Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres--and the connections between their drawings and their paintings.

Photographs and text help profile the sculptures, drawings, and creative inspirations of Auguste Rodin.

Presents a collection of reproductions of the drawings and sketches of the best-known French artists of the nineteenth century, including Degas, Delacroix, Daumier, Cezanne, and more.