{"product_id":"carmontelles-landscape-transparencies-cinema-of-the-enlightenment","title":"Carmontelle's Landscape Transparencies: Cinema of the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence Chatel de Brancion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouis de Carmontelle was an eighteenth-century French draftsman, painter, and garden designer. Beginning in 1783 he painted a series of panoramas on translucent paper that became a popular source of entertainment at royal court gatherings. These rolled-up transparencies (\u003ci\u003erouleaux transparents\u003c\/i\u003e) were cranked through a backlit viewing box, and the \"moving pictures\" were accompanied by live storytelling that gave spectators the experience of journeying through beautiful landscapes. Presented chronologically, the transparencies show the evolution of eighteenth-century fashions and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author re-creates the original viewing experience by leading the reader through a series of panoramic scenes and, in the process, offers a lively analysis of social life in the 1700s. Drawn from both museum and private collections, the charming illustrations include gatefolds showing the full extent of the J. Paul Getty Museum's \u003ci\u003eFigures Walking in a Parkland\u003c\/i\u003e as well as many exquisite details of elegant outdoor gatherings and verdant parklands. This book presents all of Carmontelle's extant transparencies, some of which survive only in fragments and a number of which have never been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaurence Chatel de Brancion is the author of \u003ci\u003eCarmontelle au jardin des illusions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCambacérés: Maître d'oeuvre de Napoléon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e10 x 9 3\/8 inches\u003cbr\u003e134 color illustrations\u003cbr\u003e2 gatefolds\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-89236-909-6\u003cbr\u003ehardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetty Publications\u003cbr\u003eImprint: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67568610148642,"sku":"hts1792569363097","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/2249\/9618\/files\/carmontelles-landscape-transparencies-cinema-of-the-enlightenment_1.jpg?v=1792569367","url":"https:\/\/mossmerton.com\/products\/carmontelles-landscape-transparencies-cinema-of-the-enlightenment","provider":"Mossmerton","version":"1.0","type":"link"}