Download or read book Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure written by Melissa Percival and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh interpretation of Fragonard's figures de fantaisie, Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure: Painting the Imagination reconnects Fragonard's paintings with a neglected tradition of fantasy figures in European art, and situates them within the cultural and aesthetic contexts of eighteenth-century France. This study defines Fragonard as a painter of the imagination, and shows how the fantasy figure, with its unusual juxtapositions and humour, engages the imagination of artist and viewer.