Tour: 18th-Century France -- Boucher and Fragonard
Overview
The Enlightenment
During the eighteenth century, Enlightenment thinkers transformed western
Europe into a modern society. Critical of orthodoxy, these philosophes
radically changed the way men thought about religion, economics,
political philosophy, and education. Their method was rational and secular,
founded on a belief that the exercise of reason alone could reveal ultimate
truths and move man to improve his condition.
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Captions
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| 1 | François Boucher, Venus Consoling Love, 1751 |
| 2 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Diana and Endymion, c. 1753/1755 |
| 3 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, A Game of Horse and Rider, 1767/1773 |
| 4 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, probably c. 1765 |
| 5 | François-Hubert Drouais, Group Portrait, 1756 |
| 6 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, A Young Girl Reading, c. 1776 |
| Room | 1 |
| 7 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Visit to the Nursery, before 1784 |
| 8 | Hubert Robert, The Old Bridge, probably c. 1775 |
