The world of Watteau : 1684-1721
/ Pierre Schnieder
- New York : Time Incorporated , 1967
- 191 p. : illus. ; 32 cm
- Time-Life Books .
An age of extravagance -- The young man from Flanders -- Painter of "Fêtes Galantes" -- Capturing the golden moment -- "Only his palette was rosy" -- The reign of a royal favorite -- Society's many faces -- A glittering era fades -- Chronology of artists.
Surveys the life, works and times of Antoine Watteau, the greatest painter of 18th century France.