Project Gutenberg 2013-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 188 Macklin, Alys Eyre Greuze Masterpieces in Colour E-text prepared by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Greuze" by Alys Eyre Macklin is a biography written in the early 20th century, exploring the life and works of the French painter Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). This book offers a detailed look at Greuze's artistic journey, examining his shifts from moral and domestic scenes to his famous portrayals of youthful beauty. Macklin endeavors to highlight Greuze's significant contributions to 18th-century art, contextualizing them within the social and moral dynamics of his time. The book delves into various aspects of Greuze's career, detailing his early struggles and ultimate rise to fame as a celebrated painter, acclaimed for his sentimental and often moralistic depictions of family and youth. Macklin critiques his technique and thematic choices, acknowledging both the beauty of Greuze's works and the limitations in-depth and diversity. Through a series of captivating anecdotes and historical context, the biography illustrates Greuze's personal battles and the complexities of his character, especially his vanity and tumultuous marriage, which contrasted with his public success. Ultimately, the book presents Greuze as a fascinating figure who reflected the changing values of his epoch while making a lasting impact on the art world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42140/42140-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805 ND Text Masterpieces in Colour Category: Biographies Category: French Literature Category: Art 92812 2025-08-17T06:22:44.233699 text/html 70418 2024-10-23T14:14:03 text/html 427114 2025-08-17T06:22:46.996672 application/epub+zip 426696 2025-08-17T06:22:44.912715 application/epub+zip 73355 2025-08-17T06:22:44.596667 application/epub+zip 475240 2025-08-17T06:22:48.813657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459649 2025-08-17T06:22:46.667662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108179 2022-09-19T09:20:36.385655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73623 2025-08-17T06:22:43.853685 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53771 2024-10-23T14:14:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16417 2025-08-17T06:22:48.950652 application/rdf+xml 17844 2025-08-17T06:22:44.667696 image/jpeg 3466 2025-08-17T06:22:44.632684 image/jpeg 411319 2025-08-17T06:22:44.272709 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