Sunday, March 7, 2010

What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?

I am doing a paper on William Bourguereau and cannot find information on whether he is a NeoClassical painter, Romantic painter or otherwise and the specific characteristics to back up his art technique to the style.What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?
Go to Amazon.com and search books on Bouguereau. A summary of him will come up for each.





Damien Bartoli has written a thorough biography here:





http://www.artrenewal.org/museum/b/Bougu鈥?/a>





Other Bouguereau articles and art here:





http://www.artrenewal.org/museum/b/Bougu鈥?/a>What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Ado鈥?/a>


staunch uphoder of the Freench Academy's ';rules';





http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sara/hd鈥?/a>


no direct mention but describes the period and the academy's';hold over art


nd considering that he was Ingres ' student...


neo- classicist


http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd鈥?/a>





nice description of romanticism, its emergence and posiyion in opposion to classicism


good luck
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