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Charles Lenormant - Beaux-Arts et Voyages - 1861

2 volumes in-8 demi chagrin, iv-506; 430 pages - Légères usures extérieures, intérieur frais - Agréable exemplaire. -------- 1 volume in-12 full smooth calf (period binding), red slices, 8-368 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Nice copy. -------- Beaux-Arts et Voyages est un ouvrage posthume de Charles Lenormant, publié en 1861 par l'éditeur Michel Lévy, précédé d'une lettre de François Guizot. L'ouvrage est composé de deux volumes rassemblant des études sur l'art et des récits de voyage. Charles Lenormant était un archéologue, égyptologue, numismate et historien de l'art français, connu notamment pour ses voyages en Égypte et en Grèce ainsi que pour ses travaux sur les antiquités. Selon les descriptions bibliographiques de l'édition originale de 1861 : Le tome I est consacré aux beaux-arts : réflexions esthétiques, art chrétien, artistes et écoles de peinture. Le tome II rassemble des récits de voyage, notamment en Netherlands, en Provence, en Egypt et en Greece. L'ouvrage constitue un témoignage intéressant de la pensée artistique et archéologique française du milieu du XIXᵉ siècle, à une époque où les voyages érudits jouaient un rôle essentiel dans la découverte et l'étude des civilisations anciennes. -------- 2 volumes in-8 demi chagrin, iv-506; 430 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Pleasant copy. -------- 1 volume in-12 full smooth calf (period binding), red slices, 8-368 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Nice copy. -------- Beaux-Arts et Voyages is a posthumous work by Charles Lenormant, published in 1861 by the publisher Michel Lévy, preceded by a letter from François Guizot. The book is composed of two volumes gathering studies on art and travel stories. Charles Lenormant was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, numismatist and art historian, best known for his travels in Egypt and Greece as well as his work on antiquities. According to the bibliographic descriptions of the original 1861 edition: Volume I is devoted to the fine arts: aesthetic reflections, Christian art, artists and painting schools. Volume II brings together travel stories, notably in the Netherlands, Provence, Egypt and Greece. The book is an interesting testimony to French artistic and archaeological thought of the mid-19th century, at a time when scholarly travel played an essential role in the discovery and study of ancient civilizations.

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Charles Lenormant - Beaux-Arts et Voyages - 1861

Charles Lenormant - Beaux-Arts et Voyages - 1861

2 volumes in-8 demi chagrin, iv-506; 430 pages - Légères usures extérieures, intérieur frais - Agréable exemplaire.
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1 volume in-12 full smooth calf (period binding), red slices, 8-368 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Nice copy.

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Beaux-Arts et Voyages est un ouvrage posthume de Charles Lenormant, publié en 1861 par l'éditeur Michel Lévy, précédé d'une lettre de François Guizot. L'ouvrage est composé de deux volumes rassemblant des études sur l'art et des récits de voyage.

Charles Lenormant était un archéologue, égyptologue, numismate et historien de l'art français, connu notamment pour ses voyages en Égypte et en Grèce ainsi que pour ses travaux sur les antiquités.

Selon les descriptions bibliographiques de l'édition originale de 1861 :

Le tome I est consacré aux beaux-arts : réflexions esthétiques, art chrétien, artistes et écoles de peinture.
Le tome II rassemble des récits de voyage, notamment en Netherlands, en Provence, en Egypt et en Greece.

L'ouvrage constitue un témoignage intéressant de la pensée artistique et archéologique française du milieu du XIXᵉ siècle, à une époque où les voyages érudits jouaient un rôle essentiel dans la découverte et l'étude des civilisations anciennes.

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2 volumes in-8 demi chagrin, iv-506; 430 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Pleasant copy.
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1 volume in-12 full smooth calf (period binding), red slices, 8-368 pages - Slight external wear, fresh interior - Nice copy.

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Beaux-Arts et Voyages is a posthumous work by Charles Lenormant, published in 1861 by the publisher Michel Lévy, preceded by a letter from François Guizot. The book is composed of two volumes gathering studies on art and travel stories.

Charles Lenormant was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, numismatist and art historian, best known for his travels in Egypt and Greece as well as his work on antiquities.

According to the bibliographic descriptions of the original 1861 edition:

Volume I is devoted to the fine arts: aesthetic reflections, Christian art, artists and painting schools.
Volume II brings together travel stories, notably in the Netherlands, Provence, Egypt and Greece.

The book is an interesting testimony to French artistic and archaeological thought of the mid-19th century, at a time when scholarly travel played an essential role in the discovery and study of ancient civilizations.

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€ 48
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