Part 1
What’s going on in Fragonard’s painting The Swing? Describe the subject matter and mood. How does this image depart from the type of subject matter and
stylistic characteristics we have seen in earlier artistic movements such as the Renaissance and Baroque?
Part 2
Some historians have a tendency to critique female artists like Vigee-Lebrun for only painting images of women and children. Why do you think these artists
chose these subjects? Why do you suppose historians have had to rethink their critique of these women?
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