Impressionism
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1844847101
ISBN 13
9781844847105
Category
700-799 Arts, Architecture & Music
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Pages
287 pages
Subject
Impressionism (Art) Painting, French -- 19th century. Painting, French.
Abstract
“I paint what I see and not what it pleases others to see.” What other words than these of Édouard Manet, seemingly so different from the sentiments of Monet or Renoir, could best define the movement of Impressionism? 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 work, Nathalia Brodskaïa examines the contradictions of this late 19th century movement through the paradox of a group who, while forming a coherent ensemble, favoured the affirmation of artistic individuals. Between academic art and the birth of modern, non-figurative painting, the road to recognition was long. Analysing the founding elements of the movement, the author follows, through the works of each of the artists, how the demand for individuality gave rise to modern painting.
In this work, Nathalia Brodskaïa examines the contradictions of this late 19th century movement through the paradox of a group who, while forming a coherent ensemble, favoured the affirmation of artistic individuals. Between academic art and the birth of modern, non-figurative painting, the road to recognition was long. Analysing the founding elements of the movement, the author follows, through the works of each of the artists, how the demand for individuality gave rise to modern painting.
Description
About the Author
Nathalia Brodskaïa is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. She has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck, and Van Dongen, as well as many books on the Fauves and Naïve Art. She is currently working on a study of French painters at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Nathalia Brodskaïa is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. She has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck, and Van Dongen, as well as many books on the Fauves and Naïve Art. She is currently working on a study of French painters at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Biblio Notes
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: N V Brodskai︠a︡
ISBN: 9781844847105 1844847101
OCLC Number: 426055625
Notes: Translation of: Impresjonizm.
Includes indexes.
Description: 287 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Contents: The Impressionists and academic painting --
Precursors --
The first Impressionist exhibition --
Edouard Manet (1832-1883) --
Claude Monet (1840-1926) --
August Renoir (1841-1919) --
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) --
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) --
Edgar Dugas (1834-1917) --
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895).
Other Titles: Impresjonizm.
Responsibility: Nathalia Brodskaya ; [translated by Rebecca Brimacombe and Richard Swanson].
All Authors / Contributors: N V Brodskai︠a︡
ISBN: 9781844847105 1844847101
OCLC Number: 426055625
Notes: Translation of: Impresjonizm.
Includes indexes.
Description: 287 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Contents: The Impressionists and academic painting --
Precursors --
The first Impressionist exhibition --
Edouard Manet (1832-1883) --
Claude Monet (1840-1926) --
August Renoir (1841-1919) --
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) --
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) --
Edgar Dugas (1834-1917) --
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895).
Other Titles: Impresjonizm.
Responsibility: Nathalia Brodskaya ; [translated by Rebecca Brimacombe and Richard Swanson].
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