{"product_id":"pierre-julien-sculptor-to-queen-marie-antoinette-9780595294718","title":"Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette","description":"\u003ci\u003ePierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e is a scholarly study of the artist (1731-1804) who rose from humble beginnings, the son of an illiterate carpenter, to become professor at the Paris Acad mie and director of the sculptural decoration at Marie-Antoinette's dairy at Rambouillet (1785-87), a surprise gift from Louis XVI. A moderate during the Revolution, Julien became one of the original members of the Institut National (1795). He executed life-size marble statues, part of the Great Men series, small works in terra cotta, and mythological figures such as Ganymede, Narcissus, and Cupid. His masterpieces are Amalthea, or Girl with Goat, the centerpiece at Rambouillet, and two statues in the Louvre: the Dying Gladiator, his reception-piece to the Acad mie, and Jean de La Fontaine, a statue of the author of Fables. \u003cp\u003eThe first major study of Pierre Julien in a hundred years, \u003ci\u003ePierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the 200th anniversary of the sculptor's death and coincides with the exhibition in Le Puy, France (Spring 2004). This volume is indispensable to art historians and anyone interested in the colorful period in French history between the age of Louis XV and the rise of Napoleon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Preston Worley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.18w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595294718\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40060512141427,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_28433e7d-0c63-4b5e-b38e-2c243072bf18.jpg?v=1651672799","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pierre-julien-sculptor-to-queen-marie-antoinette-9780595294718","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}