The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting

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Yale University Press, Jan 1, 2003 - Art - 412 pages
A comprehensive survey of French genre painting of the 18th century, from Watteau's fetes galantes to Boilly's paintings of modern Parisian life. Showcasing 113 works, the volume illustrates the variety and the vitality of genre painting throughout the period. Leading English, German, French and American scholars shed light on the development of genre painting, its interpretation, its collectors and its enormous appeal.
 

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Surveying Genre in EighteenthCentury French Painting Colin B Bailey
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The Theory of French Genre Painting and Contents Its European Context Barbara Gaehtgens
40
Genre Painting and Boundary Crossing at the End of the Ancien Régime Martin Schieder
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Genre Paintings in EighteenthCentury Collections Thomas W Gaehtgens
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Childs Play Katie Scott
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Exoticism and Genre Painting in EighteenthCentury France Marianne Roland Michel
106
Note to the Reader
120
CATALOGUE
121
Notes to the Catalogue
355
Bibliography
379
Genre Paintings Exhibited at the Salon 16991789
393
Photograph Credits
405
Index
406
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TitleThe Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting
AuthorsMusée des beaux-arts du Canada (Ottawa), Colin B. Bailey, Thomas Gaehtgens, Philip Conisbee, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, National Gallery of Canada, Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany)
EditorsColin B. Bailey, Philip Conisbee, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Canadá.. National Gallery (Otava), National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Alemanha.. Staatliche Museen
Illustrated byAntoine Watteau
ContributorsNational Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ont.)., Galerie Nationale du Canada (Ottawa, Ont.)., Exhibition The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting. 2003 - 2004, Ottawa u.a.., Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany), Gemäldegalerie. Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Editionunabridged
PublisherYale University Press, 2003
ISBN0300099460, 9780300099461
Length412 pages
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