Carnets D'etudes 28 : Antoine-Louis Barye - Le Michel-Ange De La Menagerie

Catalog of the exhibition "Antoine-Louis Barye - Le Michel-Ange de la ménagerie - Carnet d'étude n°28" presented at the Cabinet des dessins Jean Bonna, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, from 22 October 2013 to 31 January 2014.

This exhibition presents a selection of zoomometric drawings and casts by Antoine-Louis Barye, from the collection acquired by the School for educational purposes, upon the artist's death in 1876. They reveal the artist's great interest in science and his obsession with measurements and proportions, and show the extent to which Barye was rooted in his era, rich in great expeditions and the discovery, in Paris, of animals from all over the world.