Chardin Marianne Roland Michel [translated from the French by Eithne McCarthy]

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, the still-life artist of 18th-century France, was born in Paris in 1699. Having received no formal training, he rose to become one of the most highly-regarded painters of his lifetime, his work widely exhibited and sought by the rich and famous. His still-lifes, composed of simple elements, are exceptional in their depth of tone and striking in their directness. The genre scenes depict the domesticity of everyday bourgeois life, unsentimentalized and unidealized.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. 6)
• Part I A Parisian Painter (p. 9)
• Chapter 1 Painter of Animals, Kitchen Utensils and Vegetables (p. 11)
• Notes (p. 34)
• Chapter 2 Becoming Famous (p. 37)
• Notes (p. 54)
• Chapter 3 The 1750s: a New Direction (p. 57)
• Notes (p. 73)
• Chapter 4 The 1760s: Official Commissions and a Select Clientele (p. 75)
• Notes (p. 91)
• Chapter 5 The Evening of a Beautiful Day (p. 93)
• Notes (p. 104)
• Part II The Great Magician (p. 106)
• Chapter 1 The Painter and the Critics (p. 109)
• Notes (p. 127)
• Chapter 2 Colour, Brushwork and Feeling (p. 129)
• Notes (p. 143)
• Chapter 3 Still Llfe (p. 145)
• Notes (p. 187)
• Chapter 4 Portraits and Genre Scenes (p. 189)
• Notes (p. 233)
• Chapter 5 The Artist and Engravings (p. 237)
• Notes (p. 245)
• Chapter 6 Painting in Chardin's Time (p. 247)
• Notes (p. 262)
• Selected Texts (p. 263)
• Catalogue of Engravings After Chardin (p. 271)
• Bibliography (p. 285)
• Index (p. 289)
• Photographic Credits (p. 293)