The eighteenth century : Watteau to Tiepolo / text by François Fosca ; translated by Stuart Gilbert
1952, First Edition. Lausanne ; New York : Skira. Fine copy in the original green gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468590
Series; The great centuries of painting. Physical description; 147 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Translation of 18e Siècle. De Watteau à Tiepolo. Contents; I. Man : player in the human comedy from theater to life. The romanticism of Magnasco ; Watteau's dream world ; Fêtes Galantes and the Italian comedy ; Pater ; De Troy ; Gillot ; Lancret ; Tiepolo ; Longhi ; Hogarth and the rise of the English school ; Reynolds ; Gainsborough ; Stubbs ; Humanity of Chardin ; Eighteenth century man ; Nattier ; Perronneau ; La Tour ; Liotard -- II. Festivals of the imagination and Italian grace. Mythological themes and decoration ; Tiepolo ; Boucher ; Fragonard and landscape ; Hubert Robert ; Vernet ; The colors of Venice ; Canaletto ; Guardi ; The light of France and the light of England ; Desportes ; Moreau the Elder ; Gainsborough ; Wilson ; Chrome -- III. The Aftermath. From the French Revolution to the dawn of the nineteenth century ; Morals and civic duty ; Greuze ; David ; Towards Romanticism ; Blake ; Fuseli ; Goya. Subjects; Painting, Modern 17th century. Painting, Modern 18th century. Painters 17th-18th centuries. Watteau. Tiepolo. Boucher. Fragonard. Canaletto. Gainsborough. Reynolds. Hogarth. Goya.
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