| book details |

French Genre Painting in the Eighteenth Century

Edited by Philip Conisbee

| on special |

normal price: R 2 977.95

Price: R 2 828.95

| add to trolley |

| book description |

Imagined scenes of daily life by Antoine Watteau, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Francois Boucher, Louis-Leopold Boilly, and other 18th-century French artists are the subject of this important new study. The wide range of these artists' works encompasses domestic subjects both grand and intimate, portraits and fashion plates, and depictions of stylish entertainments, seductions, and sentimental tales. The examples span the century, from the time of Louis XIV to the French Revolution. Fifteen distinguished scholars present their latest research into the contexts and meanings of French genre painting during this period. The authors offer a variety of critical and historical perspectives, covering such topics as the relationship of genre painting to contemporary life and to sexuality, sentiment, and sensibilite; its patrons and collectors; its popularization through reproduction in the print trade; its relation to the ideals of the dominant Royal Academy, history painting, and portraiture; its contemporary critical reception; and its resonances through subsequent centuries, continuing to our own time.

| product details |

| other options |

| back |

| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

Mustafa Suleyman
Paperback / softback
352 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order

| more |

| add to trolley |

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
224 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

| more |

| add to trolley |

Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
208 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

| more |

| add to trolley |