Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués developed from the latest discoveries

developed from the latest discoveries made in France

It is impossible to understand what Rome really was if we do not reconstruct this privileged leisure of the citizen

three approaches were chosen

a new system emerged

through his function as divine cupbearer

Gustave Moreau. L'homme aux figures de cire. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués developed from the latest discoveriesWax 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