From Paris With Love: The Graphic Arts In France 1880S–1950S
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of bohemian rebellion and bourgeois spectacle, From Paris with Love: The Graphic Arts in France 1880s–1950s presents a magnificent survey of one of the most electrifying periods in the history of visual communication. Spanning seven decades of extraordinary creative output, this richly illustrated catalogue chronicles the golden age of French graphic art — from the audacious lithographic posters of the Belle Époque cabarets to the sleek, modernist designs that defined the mid-twentieth century — capturing the restless energy of a city that was simultaneously the world's cultural capital and a cauldron of social transformation. The volume illuminates the works of legendary artists including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret, and Cassandre, illustrating how the poster, the print, and the illustrated press became powerful vehicles for art, commerce, and ideology in modern France. With scholarly precision and visual sophistication, it argues that graphic art was never merely decorative, but a dynamic mirror of Parisian society — reflecting its pleasures, its politics, and its perpetual reinvention. For collectors, art historians, and lovers of French culture alike, this is an indispensable window into a world of unmatched aesthetic ambition — one that still resonates with dazzling urgency today.
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Format: Paperback
Published: 2004, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of bohemian rebellion and bourgeois spectacle, From Paris with Love: The Graphic Arts in France 1880s–1950s presents a magnificent survey of one of the most electrifying periods in the history of visual communication. Spanning seven decades of extraordinary creative output, this richly illustrated catalogue chronicles the golden age of French graphic art — from the audacious lithographic posters of the Belle Époque cabarets to the sleek, modernist designs that defined the mid-twentieth century — capturing the restless energy of a city that was simultaneously the world's cultural capital and a cauldron of social transformation. The volume illuminates the works of legendary artists including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret, and Cassandre, illustrating how the poster, the print, and the illustrated press became powerful vehicles for art, commerce, and ideology in modern France. With scholarly precision and visual sophistication, it argues that graphic art was never merely decorative, but a dynamic mirror of Parisian society — reflecting its pleasures, its politics, and its perpetual reinvention. For collectors, art historians, and lovers of French culture alike, this is an indispensable window into a world of unmatched aesthetic ambition — one that still resonates with dazzling urgency today.