{"product_id":"bouchers-four-seasons-9781913875732","title":"Boucher's Four Seasons","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Xavier F. Salomon | Flora Yukhnovich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Giles\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Giles\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by former Frick deputy director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon paired with a images of a new work created for the occasion by Flora Yukhnovich, along with a short text by the artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFran�ois Boucher (1703-1770) made the four paintings known as the \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e in 1755 for Madame De Pompadour, King Louis XV's long-term official mistress. Their original location is unknown, but their unusual shape suggests that they were used as overdoors, no doubt in one of Pompadour's many properties in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn place of the labors that traditionally illustrate the theme of the four seasons, Boucher depicts delightful amorous encounters in joyous colors. In \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e, a youth, set in an enchanting pastoral setting, adorns his lover's hair with flowers. A group of voluptuous bathing nudes represents \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e, a young man offers a bunch of grapes to his fashionable beloved. Perhaps the most beguiling of all is \u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e, which reflects the eighteenth-century European fascination with Russia. A Tartar in pseudo-Russian dress pushes the heroine on an elaborate sleigh. This combination of luxury and seduction--all treated in a fanciful, even humorous manner--is typical of Boucher.\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying the Boucher paintings are images of Flora Yuknovich's contribution, an extraordinary cycle of paintings inspired by Boucher's \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, to be displayed at the Frick, in a space on the first floor, occupied between 1935 and 2020 by the Boucher Room.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46859630870679,"sku":"9781913875732","price":2178.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781913875732.webp?v=1769949429","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bouchers-four-seasons-9781913875732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}