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Maxime Lalanne

(Bordeaux, France, 1827 - 1886, Nogent-sur-Marne, France)

Divertissements Sur Cuivre

1869

Etchings on paper

12 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (31.5 x 45.2 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Miss Leona E. Prasse

1962.66 a

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Through these images of a church ruin and an old tower inhabited only by pigeons, Lalanne addressed a prevalent theme in romantic art and literature: the fragility of human endeavors in the face of nature’s perpetual power. The great popularity of landscape imagery in the nineteenth century inspired European and American artists to explore a number of methods for rendering the subject, including printmaking, drawing, and photography.

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