Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist [Paperback]

H. Parrott Bacot (Author), Sally Kittredge Reeves (Author), John H. Lawrence (Author)

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• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080712642X
• ISBN-13: 978-0807126424
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 11 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,334,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise for the book., October 30, 2000

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JACK D HOLDEN (JARREAU, LOUISIANA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist (Hardcover)

Rarely does a comprehesive book cover the known work of an artist and open and close the issue. Persac is little known outside of Louisiana. He is a major early artist who documents Louisiana life in the late pre Civil War era. Kudos to the authors, sepecially Prof. Bacot. Thank you for this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Persac paintings, March 1, 2011

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This review is from: Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist (Paperback)

Persac was uniquely placed to capture the essence of a lifestyle in Louisiana that would be destroyed by the physical, economic,and social changes that were the consequences of the American civil war. This book provides a glimpse at a number of privately held paintings, commissioned by the owners of antebellum estates in Louisiana, that would otherwise never be visible to the student or historian. It is a lovely addition to our regional history collection.

5.0 out of 5 stars Endlessly fascinating and utterly indispensable, December 2, 2011

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B. Childs (MISSISSIPPI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist (Hardcover)

Amongst many volumes related to Louisiana architecture this book is without question a landmark production. For years I had hoped that someone would write a book on Persac's many works of plantation landscapes and was absolutely thrilled to find this stunning compilation. It is a masterwork of fascinating and descriptive text combined with large full-color images of the gouache works. The paintings are beautiful works of art and more importantly highly detailed records of the way these plantations looked in the early nineteenth century. Many of the depicted houses no longer exist and are recorded only in these images while some still stand and show how excruciatingly detailed and highly accurate Persac's paintings are. For the historic architecture reader this book will be endlessly fascinating, for those focused on southern architecture and history it is utterly indispensable.