Facing the other : Charles Cordier (1827-1905), ethnographic sculptor / Laure de Margerie, Edouard Papet ; with contributions by Christine Barthe and Maria Vigli ; translated from the French by Lenora Ammon, Laurel Hirsch, and Clare Palmieri.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Musee d'Orsay, Paris, Feb. 2-May 2, 2004, Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, June 10-Sept. 6, 2004, and Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and indexes.
Contents:
"The most beautiful Negro is not the one who looks most like us," Cordier, 1862 / Laure de Margerie -- "To have the courage of his conviction to polychromy" : Charles Cordier and the sculpture of the Second Empire / Edouard Papet -- The polychromy techniques of Charles Cordier / Edouard Papet -- The trip to Greece, April to November 1858 / Edouard Papet and Maria Vigli -- Models and norms : the relationship between ethnographic photographs and sculptures / Christine Barthe -- Ethnographic life casts in the nineteenth century / Edouard Papet -- Chronology / Laure de Margerie -- Catalogue raisonne / Jeannine Durand-Revillon (1929-1999) and Laure de Margerie -- Works in the exhibition -- Works by Charles Cordier exhibited between 1848 and 1906 / Laure de Margerie.
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