French Genre Painting in the Eighteenth Century
Series: Studies in the History of Art Series
Publisher: NGW-Stud Hist Art
Published: May 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300120240
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Iconography, subjects depicted in art; Painting & paintings; c 1700 to c 1800; 18th Century Art; Painting Of Specific Subjects; Art; Art & Art Instruction; France; Techniques - Painting; Art / General; European; History - General; 18th century; Congresses; Genre painting, French
Description: "Fifteen international scholars present their latest research into the contexts and meanings of French genre painting of the eighteenth century, from Jean-Antoine Watteau to Louis-Leopold Boilly. The essays represent a wide range of critical and historical perspectives, from traditional archival research to postructuralist criticism."--Jacket.