Synopses & Reviews
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art is a sumptuous introduction to one of the great American collections of works on paper. An introduction by the museum's chief curator, Diane De Grazia, and commentary by senior staff, lead the viewer through works spanning more than 500 years. Included are studies by Michelangelo and Dürer; key drawings of the early Baroque by Barocci and Guercino; masterpieces of social observation by Goya and Daumier; and outstanding sheets by the great nineteenth-century French masters, from Géricault to Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. Twentieth-century masters such as Picasso and Paul Klee are also represented.
The volume has been produced to accompany an exhibition of these rarely seen works, which will be presented in Cleveland and then travel to the Morgan Library in New York. It will be a treasured addition to the library of every lover of the art of drawing.
Diane De Grazia, Chief Curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art, specializes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian art. Carter E. Foster, Associate Curator of Drawings, specializes in eighteenth-century French art.
With 130 color illustrations.
Synopsis
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art is a sumptuous introduction to one of the greatest American collections of works on paper. Curator Diane de Grazia and the senior staff of the museum lead the viewer through works spanning more than 500 years. Included are figure studies by Michelangelo and Durer, key drawings of the early Baroque period by Barocci and Guercino, masterpieces of social observation by Goya and Daumier, and outstanding sheets by nineteenth-century French masters including Gericault, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Twentieth-century masters Picasso and Paul Klee are also represented. Produced to accompany an exhibition of these rarely seen works, this volume will be treasured by those who love the art of drawing.
About the Author
Diane de Grazia is the Chief Curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art and a specialist in seventeenth and eighteenth-century Italian art. Entries on individual works are written by the senior staff of the Cleveland Museum of Art.