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Full of repetition, pendants and series, this catalogue allows the reader to scrutinize some of Chardin's greatest works, and to follow the artist's exploration of some of his most arresting subjects. Prints by Pierre Filloeul, Antoine Marcenay de Ghuy and others demonstrate the shifts in appearance and meaning that Chardin's card-house compositions underwent through transposition from painting to engraving. The prints also help reconstruct some of the occasional pairings in which Chardin's figure paintings were staged, whether on the walls of the Salon or in the cabinets of private collectors. The pendants include two of the most famous of all Chardin's figure paintings, Lady Taking Tea and Girl with a Shuttlecock. Essays in self-containment and stillness, these works invite us to consider the nature of attention - the attention of the painter, his human subjects and ourselves.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800

• Full title: Taking Time
• Subtitle: Chardin's Boy Building a House of Cards and Other Paintings
• Author: Pierre Rosenberg, Katie Scott, Pauline Prevost-Marcilhacy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9781907372339
• ID: 05027647
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
• Weight: 682 g
• Dimensions: 259 × 211 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. June 2012

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