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The Painter's Touch is a radical reinterpretation of three paradigmatic French painters of the eighteenth century. In this beautifully illustrated book, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth provides close readings of the works of François Boucher, Jean-Siméon Chardin, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, entirely recasting our understanding of these painters' practice. Using the notion of touch, she examines the implications of their strategic investment in materiality and sheds light on the distinct contribution of painting to the culture of the Enlightenment. By examining what paintings actually "say" in brushstrokes, texture, and paint, The Painter's Touch transforms our understanding of the role of painting in the emergence of modernity and provides new readings of some of the most important and beloved works of art of the era.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800

• Full title: Painter's Touch
• Author: Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9780691170121
• ISBN: 9780691170121
• ID: 16229331
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 1668 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 299 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. January 2018

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