Georges de la Tour: The Adoration of the Shepherds Christ with St. Joseph in the Carpenter's Shop

by Dimitri Salmon

A fascinating analysis of Georges de La Tour's styles, techniques and subjects that introduces the master of the Nocturnes to a general audience. Georges de La Tour is one of the most important seventeenth-century French artists: a striking and mysterious figure, less well-known than his contemporaries but capable of arousing great emotions in the viewers of his paintings. The power of de La Tour's language springs forth from a careful study of light...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8857213021
• ISBN13: 9788857213026
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Skira
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.7" x 11.2"