Hypopicture of Greuze and its narrative palimpsests in the 18th century Cover Image

L’hypopeinture greuzienne et ses palimpsestes narratifs au XVIIIe siècle
Hypopicture of Greuze and its narrative palimpsests in the 18th century

Author(s): Nadège Langbour
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Visual Arts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Paintings of Greuze; writings on art of Diderot; moral tale; literary transposition

Summary/Abstract: In the 18th century, the paintings of Greuze had much success. The literature took against these paintings. It transposed them in narrative texts. Diderot and Aubert, described paintings of Greuze by using the literary kind of the moral tale. Thus, they respected moral spirit of the painting of Greuze. But when paintings of Greuze were transposed in the novels, this moral spirit had been perverted : the novels respected stating of Greuze, but they used it to produce a different statement.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 23-32
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French