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<p>Antoine-Louis Barye (1796–1875), called by Gautier "le Michel-Ange de la Menagerie," is a sculptor whose star continues to rise both among critic-historians and among private collectors. Major museums—notably the Louvre, the Metropolitan, and the Walters—constantly add to their holdings of his work, while auction prices rose fivefold in the 1970's. Barye's relationship to contemporary sculptors and his influence on succeeding generations also are increasingly recognized. His art, in the author's words, "embodies the yearning and turmoil, the triumphs and anguish" of the Romantic Age. Bayre's work combines scientific precision (especially zoological), technical skill (particularly with bronze), and—despite his apparent thoroughgoing realism—composition approaching abstract expressionism. An introductory chapter tells what little is known of Barye's life: his friendship with Delacroix, his apprenticeship under the goldsmith to Napoleon I, his absorption of both the romanticism of Hugo and the positivism of Comte, his allegories for the royal house of Orleans, his association with Napoleon III in creating the New Louvre, and his tutelage of Rodin in the technique of animal sculptur

Author

Benge, Glenn F; Barye, Antoine-Louis, 1796-1875

Publisher

University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271003627

Subjects

Art, Arts