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1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), the greatest landscape painter of his time, is also known as Claude Gelée or simply as Claude. He was called Lorrain merely because he was born in the province of Lorraine, in France. He lived in Rome as a young man, and apart from a brief spell in Nancy, in Northeast France, he remained in Italy for the rest of his life. It is therfore not surprising that the romantic landscapes for which Lorrain was famous owe far more to the Italian than to the French tradition. The subtle lighting effects and feathery foliage, offset against ruins of Greco-Roman architecture, in |
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Includes index |
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682 -- Pictorial works
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682 fast |
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Painting, French -- 17th century
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ART -- Techniques -- Drawing.
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Painting, French
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Pictorial works
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781780427072 |
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1780427077 |
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