Project Gutenberg 2013-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 228 Macfall, Haldane 1860 1928 Macfall, Chambers Haldane Cooke Dane, Hal MacFall, Haldane Fragonard Masterpieces in Colour E-text prepared by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Fragonard" by Haldane MacFall is a biographical work written in the early 20th century, focusing on the life and art of Jean Honoré Fragonard, a notable French painter of the 18th century. The book chronicles the evolution of Fragonard's career, detailing his journey from a young boy in Grasse to a significant figure in the Rococo art movement, highlighting the pleasures and tensions of his time. The narrative unfolds with Fragonard's early influences and training under esteemed artists like Boucher and Chardin, leading to his eventual prominence in the artistic circles of Paris. The author captures Fragonard's transition from academic subjects to the depiction of lively and intimate scenes, reflective of his era's changing tastes. Throughout the book, MacFall explores Fragonard's relationship with influential patrons, including Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry, as well as the impact of the political upheavals of the French Revolution on his career and personal life. The work encompasses Fragonard's artistic legacy, revealing how his work embodies the spirit of a vibrant society on the brink of monumental change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42118/42118-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fragonard, Jean Honoré, 1732-1806 ND Text Masterpieces in Colour Category: Biographies Category: French Literature Category: Art 116925 2025-08-17T06:17:26.102778 text/html 94494 2024-10-23T14:10:55 text/html 1115855 2025-08-17T06:17:28.949795 application/epub+zip 1115711 2025-08-17T06:17:26.727685 application/epub+zip 74421 2025-08-17T06:17:26.369694 application/epub+zip 1167484 2025-08-17T06:17:30.841791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1151347 2025-08-17T06:17:28.609680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111653 2022-09-19T09:12:47.298816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96155 2025-08-17T06:17:25.858693 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76311 2024-10-23T14:10:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16918 2025-08-17T06:17:30.970680 application/rdf+xml 18338 2025-08-17T06:17:26.434727 image/jpeg 3309 2025-08-17T06:17:26.402704 image/jpeg 1182121 2025-08-17T06:17:26.148779 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia