The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 279
FIG. 500.—THE MILKMAID.GREU2E. (The Louvre.)Gazelle des Beaux-Arts, In his famous essays on the Salonsof 176s to 1767, Diderot can hardly findterms of abuse sufficiently strong forBoucher and his disciples—with whose … FIG. 501.—MADAME RECAMIER.DAVID. (The Louvre.) style he already contrasts the grandtaste of classic severity—or panegyricssufficiently fervid for Chardin and Greuze, in whom he hails the moralregenerators of art. According toDiderot, it is not enough that art shouldbe decent; he required that it…
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