Produced by Barbara Tozier, Graeme Mackreth, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net FRENCH ART _CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTING AND SCULPTURE_ BY W.C. BROWNELL NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1892 Copyright, 1892, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS TO AUGUSTE RODIN CONTENTS PAGE I. Classic Painting, 1 I. Character and origin. II. Claude and Poussin. III. Lebrun and Lesueur. IV. Louis Quinze. V. Greuze and Chardin. VI. David, Ingres, and Prudhon. II. Romantic Painting, 47 I. Romanticism. II. Gericault and Delacroix. III. The Fontainebleau Group. IV. The Academic Painters. V. Couture, Puvis de Chavannes, and Regnault. III. Realistic Painting, 89 I. Realism. II. Courbet and Bastien-Lepage. III. The Landscape Painters; Fromentin and Guillaumet. IV. Historical and Portrait Painters. V. Baudry, Delaunay, Bonvin, Vollon, Gervex, Duez, Roll, L'Hermitte, Lerolle, Beraud, The Illustrators. VI. Manet and Monet. VII. Impressionism; Degas. VIII. The Outlook. IV. Classic Sculpture, 139 I. Claux Sluters. II. Jean Goujon. III. Style. IV. Clodion, Pradier, and Etex. V. Houdon, David d'Angers, and Rude. VI. Carpeaux and Barye. V. Academic Sculpture, 165 I. Its Italianate Character. II. Chapu. III. Dubois. IV. Saint-Marceaux and Mercie. V. Tyranny of Style. VI. Falguiere, Barrias, Delaplanche, and Le Feuvre. VII. Fremiet. VIII. The Institute School in General. VI. The New Movement in Sculpture, 205 I. Rodin. II. Dalou. I CLASSIC PAINTING I