The society portrait : painting, prestige and the pursuit of elegance / Gabriel Badea-Peaun ; foreword by Richard Ormond.
Publication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2007. Description: 223 p. : ill. (mostly col.), ports. (mostly col.) ; 34 cmISBN: 9780500238424; 0500238421Subject(s): Portraits -- History -- 19th century | Portraits -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: N 7592.5 .B334 2007| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | N 7592.5 .B334 2007 | Not for loan | 001479 |
Published simultaneously in New York by Vendome Press under title: The society portrait: from David to Warhol.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.
Portrait: between reality and the ideal, truth and beauty -- Renaissance of a genre -- Splendors of the Second Empire -- Realism verus Impressionism -- The Belle aEpoque: portraiture at its zenith -- Decline of a genre.