The American critic surveys French painting from Claude and Poussin through David, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Monet and Degas, then turns to sculpture from Jean Goujon and Houdon to Rude, Carpeaux, Barye and the new movement led by Rodin, to whom the book is dedicated. Brownell is especially interested in what makes French art distinctively French.
A thoughtful nineteenth-century guide for readers who want context for the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay. Download the free EPUB.