A social history of Impressionist art examining how it fit into the social and cultural life of the times.
A Panoramic Postcard Book Museum of Fine Arts. Dancers Resting ( detail ) , 1881-85 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard , 49.8 x 58.4 cm . ( 19/8 x 23 in . ) Museum of Fine Arts , Boston Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection , 39.669 ...
Wechsler 1 9X2. and Isaacson 19X2. Art historians first began commenting on this by focusing on specific borrowings, such as Degas's from Daumier, or Manet's from popular illustrations, and subsequently by broader inquiries into the ...
I5 15 1956 Elderfield, John. European master paintings from Swiss collections: post- impressionism to World War II: [exhibition] / by John Elderfield; foreword by William Rubin. Published/Created: New York: Museum of Modern Art, c1976.
Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 12, 1974-February 10, 1975
IMPRESSIONISM received its world premiere on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre , opening on March 24 , 2009. ... the lighting design was by Natasha Katz ; the projection design was by Elaine J. McCarthy ; the sound design was by ...
Traces the development of impressionism, explains why contemporary viewers found it so shocking, and discusses the work of major impressionist artists.
Replete with illustrations and numerous firsthand accounts and quotations, this book recounts a story of emancipation.
A new perspective on Impressionist art that offers revealing, fresh interpretations of familiar paintings In this handsome book, a leading authority on Impressionist painting offers a new view of this admired and immensely popular art form.
In all these respects, Impressionism initiated the radical tendencies of modern art. Today the revolutionary aims of Impressionist artists are generally overlooked.
No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of the Impressionists. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously...
The concise edition of a book on Impressionism, the name given to the major artistic phenomenon of the 19th century and the first of the Modern Movements.
Without a doubt, this singularity was explained when, shortly before his death, Claude Monet wrote: “I remain sorry to have been the cause of the name given to a group the majority of which did not have anything Impressionist.” In this ...
The author explores the contradictions of late 19th century art. She pursues, across the oeuvre of each of the main players, the search for 'that conviction they had, of justice in their principles and value in their art'.
This beautiful volume offers a comprehensive overview of Impressionist landscape painting from an incomparable collection.
Explores French Impressionism alongside related art movements that flourished simultaneously in the rest of Europe and North America.
Traces the development of the Impressionist movement from forerunners Turner, Delacroix, and Corot to Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, rounding out the historical background with quotations from the artists themselves...
A fresh appraisal of the factors linking the Impressionists by one of the leading twentieth century art historians.
World Impressions Inspiring Europe Many of the impressionists traveled in the 1880s and 1890s around France, Europe, and even North Africa. They picked up friends and influences along the way and held exhibitions abroad.
Tracing the movement’s expansion from France to the rest of Europe and North America, this volume shines a spotlight on the main protagonists who were key in the development of Impressionism.