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

Colin B. Bailey (author), Philip Conisbee (author), Thomas W. Gaehtgens (author), Colin B. Bailey (editor)

Hardback (27 Jun 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Leading scholars shed light on the development of genre painting in this heavily illustrated volume. They discuss its enormous appeal, its collectors and its interpretation. Each work reproduced in this volume is thoroughly catalogued and an appendix lists all genre paintings shown in 18th century salons.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300099461
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	27 Jun 2003
DEWEY:	754.094409033
DEWEY edition:	21
Number of pages:	420
Weight:	2568g
Height:	315mm
Width:	245mm
Spine width:	32mm