Project Gutenberg 2013-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 100 Macklin, Alys Eyre Greuze Masterpieces in Colour E-text prepared by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Greuze" by Alys Eyre Macklin is a biography written in the early 20th century, exploring the life and works of the French painter Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). This book offers a detailed look at Greuze's artistic journey, examining his shifts from moral and domestic scenes to his famous portrayals of youthful beauty. Macklin endeavors to highlight Greuze's significant contributions to 18th-century art, contextualizing them within the social and moral dynamics of his time. The book delves into various aspects of Greuze's career, detailing his early struggles and ultimate rise to fame as a celebrated painter, acclaimed for his sentimental and often moralistic depictions of family and youth. Macklin critiques his technique and thematic choices, acknowledging both the beauty of Greuze's works and the limitations in-depth and diversity. Through a series of captivating anecdotes and historical context, the biography illustrates Greuze's personal battles and the complexities of his character, especially his vanity and tumultuous marriage, which contrasted with his public success. Ultimately, the book presents Greuze as a fascinating figure who reflected the changing values of his epoch while making a lasting impact on the art world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42140/42140-h/images/cover.jpg en Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805 ND Text Masterpieces in Colour Browsing: Art & Photography 92934 92716 2024-09-17T15:32:22.667549 2023-09-18T10:13:55.905719 text/html text/html 90875 2013-02-20T13:03:28 text/html 408672 2013-02-20T13:05:39 text/html application/zip 427268 2024-09-17T15:32:25.867541 application/epub+zip 426959 2024-09-17T15:32:23.418595 application/epub+zip 73597 2024-09-17T15:32:23.056570 application/epub+zip 475813 2024-09-17T15:32:27.814544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460123 2024-09-17T15:32:25.522554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108179 2022-09-19T09:20:36.385655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73240 2024-09-17T15:32:22.094574 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73359 2020-06-15T15:54:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 28716 2020-06-15T15:54:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 72755 2013-02-20T12:55:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28579 2013-02-20T12:55:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 72765 2013-02-20T12:55:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28530 2013-02-20T12:55:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20900 2024-09-17T15:32:27.961518 application/rdf+xml 17844 2024-09-17T15:32:23.138544 image/jpeg 3466 2024-09-17T15:32:23.097554 image/jpeg 411391 2024-09-17T15:32:22.750564 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