Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués la production artistique en rapport

la production artistique en rapport avec l'enseignement dans les écoles d'art

Despite its title

a new system emerged

Thorvaldsen

through his function as divine cupbearer

Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués la production artistique en rapportWax modeling is a little known aspect of the art of Gustave Moreau (1826 1898), the undisputed master of Symbolism. Complementary to his painted work, he considered it to give "better than painting the measure of [his] qualities and [his] science in the rhythm and arabesque of lines." His fifteen precious sculptures are placed alongside his canvases and with the waxes of his friends, including Edgar Degas and Paul Dubois. This richly illustrated work