The Impressionists

Type

Book

Authors

Graber, Corinne

Guillou, Jean-Francois

ISBN 10

1858336716

ISBN 13

9781858336718

Tags

History, Impressionism (Art), France, Painting, French, Painters, Post-impressionism (Art), Impressionist artists, Modern

Abstract

Organized like branches of a tree, this book is first divided into three main sections that explore the beginnings of Impressionism, its zenith achievements, and post-Impressionism. It is chronologically loose, with each main section subdivided into discrete units headlined on the page as vignettes of the artists and their paintings. Quotations by significant figures associated with Impressionism appear in the margins. The text is fully illustrated with over 150 color reproductions containing key images associated with the artist in question. Many of the plates spotlight works from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. Some academic works are included for comparison, and artists who presaged the Impressionists, such as Boudin and Jongkind, are represented as well. A comprehensive overview of this popular and important movement; recommended for public libraries.
Ellen Bates, New York

Biblio Notes

Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Corinne Graber; Jean-François Guillou
ISBN: 1858336716 9781858336718
OCLC Number: 45608740
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cm
Contents: pt. I, The Refusés. The artist's life ; The Salon des Refusés ; Manet : between tradition and modernity ; The open-air painters --
pt. II, The intransigents. At Nadar's, 35 Boulevard des Capucines ; Landscape reigns supreme ; "Something nice, cheerful, and pretty" ; City lights ; A lonesome road ; Joys tinged with bitterness --
pt. III, The newcomers. The divisionist painters or the spirit of systemization ; Gaugin or escapism ; The man who cut off his ear ; The noble dwarf.
Responsibility: Corinne Graber and Jean-François Guillou.

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