The Age of Watteau, Chardin and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting
2003. Paperback. Pictorial wraps. ix, 412 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Good+. (edge-wear to covers. scuffs & scratches to textblock edges. lower corner of pgs crimped/creased. discolored scratches & foxing to title pg, otherwise, volume appears clean.). Item #181893
ISBN: 9780888847676
Photo is of another copy in our collection. Organized by Colin Bailey, Philip Conisbee, and Thomas Gaehtgens. This exhibition was the first comprehensive survey of French genre painting of the 18th century, from Watteau"s fete galantes to Boilly"s paintings of modern Parisian life. The book and exhibition feature 113 works in illustration of the variaty & vitality of genre painting throughout the period, featuring works, as well, by Lancret, de Troy, Chardin, Boucher, Greuze, & Robert that encompass military scenes, theatrical subjects, hunt pictures, pastorals, domestic & moral pictures, paintings for the boudoir, & panoramas of the Enlightenment in landscapes & townscapes. Works are thoroughly annotated. List of all genre paintings in 18th-century Salons.
OCLC: 51330581
Price: $50.00