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Delphi Masters of Art #46
Delphi Complete Works of Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The leading exponent of the Rococo style, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s paintings are characterised by remarkable facility, exuberance and frivolous hedonism. Regarded as one of the greatest colourists of art history, Fragonard produced stunning artworks that capture the spirit of the final days of the Ancien Régime, conveying intimacy and veiled eroticism. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Fragonard’s complete works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* The complete paintings of Jean-Honoré Fragonard — fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Fragonard’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Includes a selection of Fragonard's drawings – explore the artist’s varied works
* Features a bonus biography – discover Fragonard's artistic and personal life
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
Blindman’s Buff
Venus and Cupid
Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols
Psyche Shows Her Sisters the Gifts She Received from Cupid
The Captured Kiss
The Storm
The Small Park
The Bathers
Coresus Sacrifices Himself to Save Callirhoë
The Swing
Mademoiselle Guimard
Love Letters
The Education of the Virgin
The Bolt
A Young Girl Reading
A Boy as Pierrot
Forsaken
The Vow to Love
The Paintings
The Complete Paintings
Alphabetical List of Paintings
The Drawings
List of Drawings
The Biography
Fragonard by Haldane Macfall
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set
* The complete paintings of Jean-Honoré Fragonard — fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Fragonard’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Includes a selection of Fragonard's drawings – explore the artist’s varied works
* Features a bonus biography – discover Fragonard's artistic and personal life
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
Blindman’s Buff
Venus and Cupid
Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols
Psyche Shows Her Sisters the Gifts She Received from Cupid
The Captured Kiss
The Storm
The Small Park
The Bathers
Coresus Sacrifices Himself to Save Callirhoë
The Swing
Mademoiselle Guimard
Love Letters
The Education of the Virgin
The Bolt
A Young Girl Reading
A Boy as Pierrot
Forsaken
The Vow to Love
The Paintings
The Complete Paintings
Alphabetical List of Paintings
The Drawings
List of Drawings
The Biography
Fragonard by Haldane Macfall
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set
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Published April 30, 2018
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February 16, 2020
El famoso Fragonard maestro de la pintura rococó fue en un inicio discípulo preferido del pintor barroco Boucher. Gozó de toda la sapiencia del gobierno real francés de la época (Luis XV) de poder ser acogido y pasar por los escalones que solían pasar los artistas de aquella época. Ganando el premio de Roma y siendo admitido a la Academia de Francia fue premiado con un viaje a Italia donde adquirió más conocimientos no sólo de arte sino históricos y además conoció trabajos de primera mano de artistas como Castiglione Los alumnos eran obligados en repasar acontecimientos clásicos para luego poder dibujarlos. A pesar de todo ello e incluso de encomiendas reales de temas serios Fragonard persistió en su gusto por los temas ligeros, amores voluptuosos y mujeres blancas de mejillas muy sonrosadas y de inocente lujuria. Todo un estilo que cualquiera puede reconocer y que ha sido copiado en muchos lugares.
Desde luego "La lectora" (imagen usada siempre en el mundo de los libros), "El columpio" y otros más son testigos de su perdurabilidad. Me gustó mucho la selección de los cuadros y la organización de este libro digital.
Desde luego "La lectora" (imagen usada siempre en el mundo de los libros), "El columpio" y otros más son testigos de su perdurabilidad. Me gustó mucho la selección de los cuadros y la organización de este libro digital.
April 28, 2020
Jean-Honroe Fragonard's history with the French elite is interesting in itself and some of his works are so colorful and have a dream like quality. I enjoy the paintings where dogs are included. I included some history given in this Kindle version below and more in my highlight section, I did not read the biographies included.
"Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born at Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, in the extreme southeast corner of France. He was the son of François Fragonard, a glover, and Françoise Petit. From a young age, he was articled to a Paris notary when his father’s circumstances became strained, chiefly due to unsuccessful speculations. However, he demonstrated such an unmistakeable talent for art that he was taken at the age of eighteen to François Boucher, a leading French painter of the time. Boucher was known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories and pastoral compositions"
"Originally ascribed to Boucher, Blindman’s Buff is now generally believed to be an early work of Fragonard, completed in 1752. The canvas is largely inspired by Boucher: a costumed pastoral, where youthful shepherds and pretty shepherdesses frolic and flirt in idyllic garden settings, dressed in exuberant light silks. The painting reveals a principal theme that will continue to dominate the paintings of Fragonard throughout his career: the playful battle of the sexes."
"The Rising of the Sun and The Setting of the Sun were commissioned by Madame de Pompadour as full-scale cartoons for the Gobelin tapestry on a private commission. The tapestries, finished in 1754 and 1755 respectively, briefly adorned the king’s bedroom in the château de Bellevue, located between Paris and Versailles near Sèvres."
"By May 1753 Fragonard was housed in the Royal School for First-Prize Winners, which had been founded four years previously to help prepare successful contestants for the formative years of their education in Rome. The students were under the protection of the king and it was assumed that in return they would become history painters — the noblest calling for an artist in eighteenth century France — and would in time work for the king, ornamenting the royal palaces and celebrating the monarchy with subjects taken from France’s cultural heritage."
"During the late 1760’s Fragonard hesitated in the course he would take in his art. Torn between religious, history and lighter subjects, he had reached a critical point in his progression as an artist. It was the demand of the wealthy art patrons of Louis XV’s pleasure-loving and licentious court that would in the end turn him definitely towards the scenes of love and voluptuousness with which his name will be forever associated."
My favorites -
Forsaken
The Swing
The Love Letter
A Young Girl Leaning on a Window Ledge
Young Woman Reading
The Beloved Child
A Young Girl Reading
The Progress of Love: Forsaken; or, Reverie 1771-1772
The Souvenir 1776-1778
"Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born at Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, in the extreme southeast corner of France. He was the son of François Fragonard, a glover, and Françoise Petit. From a young age, he was articled to a Paris notary when his father’s circumstances became strained, chiefly due to unsuccessful speculations. However, he demonstrated such an unmistakeable talent for art that he was taken at the age of eighteen to François Boucher, a leading French painter of the time. Boucher was known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories and pastoral compositions"
"Originally ascribed to Boucher, Blindman’s Buff is now generally believed to be an early work of Fragonard, completed in 1752. The canvas is largely inspired by Boucher: a costumed pastoral, where youthful shepherds and pretty shepherdesses frolic and flirt in idyllic garden settings, dressed in exuberant light silks. The painting reveals a principal theme that will continue to dominate the paintings of Fragonard throughout his career: the playful battle of the sexes."
"The Rising of the Sun and The Setting of the Sun were commissioned by Madame de Pompadour as full-scale cartoons for the Gobelin tapestry on a private commission. The tapestries, finished in 1754 and 1755 respectively, briefly adorned the king’s bedroom in the château de Bellevue, located between Paris and Versailles near Sèvres."
"By May 1753 Fragonard was housed in the Royal School for First-Prize Winners, which had been founded four years previously to help prepare successful contestants for the formative years of their education in Rome. The students were under the protection of the king and it was assumed that in return they would become history painters — the noblest calling for an artist in eighteenth century France — and would in time work for the king, ornamenting the royal palaces and celebrating the monarchy with subjects taken from France’s cultural heritage."
"During the late 1760’s Fragonard hesitated in the course he would take in his art. Torn between religious, history and lighter subjects, he had reached a critical point in his progression as an artist. It was the demand of the wealthy art patrons of Louis XV’s pleasure-loving and licentious court that would in the end turn him definitely towards the scenes of love and voluptuousness with which his name will be forever associated."
My favorites -
Forsaken
The Swing
The Love Letter
A Young Girl Leaning on a Window Ledge
Young Woman Reading
The Beloved Child
A Young Girl Reading
The Progress of Love: Forsaken; or, Reverie 1771-1772
The Souvenir 1776-1778
July 17, 2018
Great!
I've never heard of him, but he truly is a master. I will be viewing this e-book again and again.
I've never heard of him, but he truly is a master. I will be viewing this e-book again and again.
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