French Genre Painting in the Eighteenth Century: Volume 72

by Center for Advanced Study in the Visual

Imagined scenes of daily life by Watteau, Chardin, Fragonard, Greuze, and other 18th-century French artists are the subject of this important new study. The wide range of these artists' works encompasses domestic subjects, portraits and fashion plates, and depictions of stylish entertainments, seductions, and sentimental tales. Examples span the century, from the time of Louis XIV to the French Revolution.

Fifteen distinguished scholars present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300120249
• ISBN13: 9780300120240
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Ngw-Stud Hist Art
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.3" x 11.3"