| Jean-Baptiste Greuze: The Laundress Contributor(s): Bailey, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892365641 ISBN-13: 9780892365647 Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2000 Annotation: Jean-Baptiste Greuze's diminutive picture of a rosy-cheeked girl wringing out her linen was one of fourteen works that he exhibited at the Salon of 1761 in Paris. This lively and engrossing book traces the history of the Getty Museum's painting, compares the work to other laundresses painted by Greuze, and explores social mores and the role of artists model in the eighteenth century. It provides an enlightening account of Greuze's life and times and the influences on his work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General - Art | European |
| Dewey: 759.4 |
| LCCN: 99056026 |
| Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.61" W x 9.29" (0.67 lbs) 90 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jean-Baptiste Greuze's diminutive picture of a rosy-cheeked girl wringing out her linen was one of fourteen works that he exhibited at the Salon of 1761 in Paris. This lively and engrossing book traces the history of the Getty Museum's painting, compares the work to other laundresses painted by Greuze, and explores social mores and the role of artists model in the eighteenth century. It provides an enlightening account of Greuze's life and times and the influences on his work. |