Project Gutenberg 2013-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 111 MacFall, Haldane 1860 1928 Macfall, Chambers Haldane Cooke Fragonard Masterpieces in Colour E-text prepared by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Fragonard" by Haldane MacFall is a biographical work written in the early 20th century, focusing on the life and art of Jean Honoré Fragonard, a notable French painter of the 18th century. The book chronicles the evolution of Fragonard's career, detailing his journey from a young boy in Grasse to a significant figure in the Rococo art movement, highlighting the pleasures and tensions of his time. The narrative unfolds with Fragonard's early influences and training under esteemed artists like Boucher and Chardin, leading to his eventual prominence in the artistic circles of Paris. The author captures Fragonard's transition from academic subjects to the depiction of lively and intimate scenes, reflective of his era's changing tastes. Throughout the book, MacFall explores Fragonard's relationship with influential patrons, including Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry, as well as the impact of the political upheavals of the French Revolution on his career and personal life. The work encompasses Fragonard's artistic legacy, revealing how his work embodies the spirit of a vibrant society on the brink of monumental change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42118/42118-h/images/cover.jpg en Fragonard, Jean Honoré, 1732-1806 ND Text Masterpieces in Colour Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Literature 117049 116850 2024-09-17T15:26:39.501307 2023-09-18T10:08:52.833608 text/html text/html 114995 2013-02-17T09:40:35 text/html 1109583 2013-02-17T09:43:40 text/html application/zip 1116203 2024-09-17T15:26:42.528238 application/epub+zip 1116179 2024-09-17T15:26:40.143310 application/epub+zip 74761 2024-09-17T15:26:39.787278 application/epub+zip 1168010 2024-09-17T15:26:44.547235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1151742 2024-09-17T15:26:42.158265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111653 2022-09-19T09:12:47.298816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96289 96124 2024-09-17T15:26:39.187284 2023-09-18T10:08:52.552634 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 95880 2013-02-17T09:38:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38063 2013-02-17T09:38:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 95887 2013-02-17T09:38:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38005 2013-02-17T09:38:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20128 2024-09-17T15:26:44.686404 application/rdf+xml 18338 2024-09-17T15:26:39.863253 image/jpeg 3309 2024-09-17T15:26:39.825284 image/jpeg 1182299 2024-09-17T15:26:39.549288 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog