Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen

Collection of “texts and documents from the ancient and medieval Mediterranean”

It is impossible to understand what Rome really was if we do not reconstruct this privileged leisure of the citizen

les procédés techniques par Roberta Cortopassi L'utilisation des tissus pour le vêtement et l'ameublement par Dominique Bénazeth Image de tissus coptes : les thèmes nilotiques

Despite its title

Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués ThorvaldsenWax modeling is a little known aspect of the art of Gustave Moreau (1826 1898), the undisputed master of Symbolism. Complementary to his painted work, he considered it to give "better than painting the measure of [his] qualities and [his] science in the rhythm and arabesque of lines." His fifteen precious sculptures are placed alongside his canvases and with the waxes of his friends, including Edgar Degas and Paul Dubois. This richly illustrated work