{"product_id":"watteau-at-work-la-surprise-9781606067352","title":"Watteau at Work: La Surprise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emily A. Beeny\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Baroque \u0026amp; Rococo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarking the three hundredth anniversary of Jean Antoine Watteau's death, this publication takes a close, revealing look at his recently rediscovered painting \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Surprise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The painting \u003ci\u003eLa Surprise \u003c\/i\u003eby Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) belongs to a new genre of painting invented by the artist himself--the \u003ci\u003ef\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eête \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003egalante\u003c\/i\u003e. These works, which show graceful open-air gatherings filled with scenes of courtship, music and dance, strolling lovers, and actors, do not so much tell a story as set a mood: one of playful, wistful, nostalgic reverie. Esteemed by collectors in Watteau's day as a work that showed the artist at the height of his skill and success, \u003ci\u003eLa Surprise \u003c\/i\u003evanished from public view in 1848, not to reemerge for more than a century and a half. Acquired by the Getty Museum in 2017, it has never before been the subject of a dedicated publication. Marking the three hundredth anniversary of Watteau's death, this book considers \u003ci\u003eLa Surprise \u003c\/i\u003ewithin the context of the artist's oeuvre and discusses the surprising history of collecting Watteau in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from November 23, 2021, to February 20, 2022.","brand":"J. Paul Getty Museum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45031734313111,"sku":"9781606067352","price":2553.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781606067352.webp?v=1769207153","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/watteau-at-work-la-surprise-9781606067352","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}