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Greuze and the Painting of Sentiment Book

This book provides a reassessment of the work of the eighteenth-century French painter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and reconstructs the wider movement in French painting of which he was the leading figure. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, it seeks to account for the extraordinary popularity and high reputation that Greuze enjoyed in his lifetime. It shows that the scenes of family life that he produced in the 1760s promoted an enlightened social vision and argues that the painting of sentiment was subsequently appropriated to serve a more conservative agenda.Read More

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    This reassessment of the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the eighteenth-century painter, reconstructs the broader movement in French painting of which he was the leading figure. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, it notes the extraordinary popularity that Greuze enjoyed in his lifetime. The volume reveals that the family life scenes he produced in the 1760s promoted an enlightened social vision and argues that the painting of sentiment was subsequently appropriated to serve a more conservative agenda.

  • 0521555086
  • 9780521555081
  • Emma Barker
  • 21 March 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 348
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