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Author Percival, Melissa.

Title Fragonard and the fantasy figure : painting the imagination / Melissa Percival
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
©2012

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 MELB  759.4 Fragon Per/Fat  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 260 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- Fact and fantasy : demystifying Fragonard's fantasy figures -- The fantasy figure in European painting -- Fragonard, "pasticheur inspiré" -- Departures from resemblance -- Fictional identities -- Fantaisie and caprice -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-247) and index
Subject Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806 -- Themes, motives.
Fantasy in art.
Human beings in art.
Author Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806.
LC no. 2011000405
ISBN 9781409401377 hardcover alkaline paper
1409401375 hardcover alkaline paper