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Page 184
... genre painting , painting of scenes from ev- eryday life , of ordinary people in work or recreation , depicted in a generally realistic manner . Genre art contrasts with that of land- scape , portraiture , still life , religious themes ...
... genre painting , painting of scenes from ev- eryday life , of ordinary people in work or recreation , depicted in a generally realistic manner . Genre art contrasts with that of land- scape , portraiture , still life , religious themes ...
Page 397
... genre : " Tapestry Cartoons " ( 1775-92 ; Prado ) ; " The Madhouse " ( 1794 ; Virginia Mead- ows Museum and Elizabeth Meadows Sculpture Court , Dallas , Texas ) ; " Allegory of the City of Madrid " ( 1810 ; Casa del Ayuntamiento ...
... genre : " Tapestry Cartoons " ( 1775-92 ; Prado ) ; " The Madhouse " ( 1794 ; Virginia Mead- ows Museum and Elizabeth Meadows Sculpture Court , Dallas , Texas ) ; " Allegory of the City of Madrid " ( 1810 ; Casa del Ayuntamiento ...
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... genre and portrait painter who initi- ated a mid - 18th - century vogue for sentimental and moralizing anecdotes in paintings . Greuze studied first at Lyon and afterward at the Royal Academy in Paris . He first exhibited at the Salon ...
... genre and portrait painter who initi- ated a mid - 18th - century vogue for sentimental and moralizing anecdotes in paintings . Greuze studied first at Lyon and afterward at the Royal Academy in Paris . He first exhibited at the Salon ...
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