TY - BOOK AU - Cooke, Hereward Lester ED - National Gallery of Art TI - French painting or the 16th-18th centuries: in the National Gallery of Art U1 - 759.4 C66f PY - 1959/// CY - Washington PB - National Gallery of Art KW - National Gallery of Art KW - Exposiciones KW - PINTURA FRANCESA KW - EXPOSICIONES N1 - Contiene índice de artistas; Boucher, François (Boo-shay, Fran-swah) -- Bourdon, Sébastien (Boor-don, Say-bahs-tee-en) -- Champagne, Philippe de (Sham-pahn-Yuh, Fee-leep duh) -- Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeón (Shar-dan, Zjahn-Bahp-teest-Sim-ay-ohn) -- Claude Lorrain (Clode Lor-ran) -- Clouet, François-Hubert (Droo-ay, Fran-swah-Oo-bear) -- Fragon ard, Jean-Honoré (Fra-go-nar, Zjahn-Ohn-oh-ray) -- Lancret, Nicolas (Lahn-Cray, Nee-co-lah) -- Le Nain, Louis (Luh Nan, Loo-ee) -- Nattier, Jean- Marc (Nat-tee'ay, Zjahn-Marc) -- Poussin, Nicolas (Poo-san, Nee-co-lah) -- Robert, Hubert (Roe-bear, Oo-bear) -- Watteau, Antoine (Vaht-toe, Ahn-twan) N2 - During the late Middle Ages France had risen to a position of great power and influence in Europe. It was from France that the Gothic style, which found its most perfect expression in the soaring cathedrals in and around París, spread over many parts of northern Europe. Due to the strength of the tradition, the Gothic style of painting, characterized by sharp, precise outlines, finely wrought details, and bold patterns of color, persisted in France long after the Renaissance masters in Italy and Flanders had revolutionized the course of painting in other parts of Europe ER -