The Impressionists in Context

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IMPRESSIONISTS
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Over 450 color pictures
NO GROUP OF ARTISTS or period of art history has inspired as much fascination and admiration, or has been as celebrated as the Impressionist school which flourished, centered in France, from 1874 to 1886. THE IMPRESSIONISTS IN CONTEXT tells the story of these revolutionary painters and the dramatic times that shaped their vision.
Section One, A HISTORY OF IMPRESSIONISM, examines the artistic trends which led away from the classical schools of painting and the French landscape tradition in the early part ofthe nineteenth century to the Realist art of Courbet and on to the shocking debut of Manet in 1863.
Section Two, THE LIFE AND WORKS, considers the most important individuals in the history of Impressionism - including Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille, Morisot, and Cassatt - drawing out from their biographical details the passions that linked them together as a functioning group and that... Tovább

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--The-
IMPRESSIONISTS
---ÍN CONTEXT-
Over 450 color pictures
NO GROUP OF ARTISTS or period of art history has inspired as much fascination and admiration, or has been as celebrated as the Impressionist school which flourished, centered in France, from 1874 to 1886. THE IMPRESSIONISTS IN CONTEXT tells the story of these revolutionary painters and the dramatic times that shaped their vision.
Section One, A HISTORY OF IMPRESSIONISM, examines the artistic trends which led away from the classical schools of painting and the French landscape tradition in the early part ofthe nineteenth century to the Realist art of Courbet and on to the shocking debut of Manet in 1863.
Section Two, THE LIFE AND WORKS, considers the most important individuals in the history of Impressionism - including Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille, Morisot, and Cassatt - drawing out from their biographical details the passions that linked them together as a functioning group and that ultimately pulled them apart.
Section Three, THE LEGACY OF IMPRESSIONISM, illustrates the startling impact the Impressionists made on a younger generation determined to find its own way; it included individualistic artists such as Gauguin, Seurat, and, in particular, van Gogh whose styles were as different from the Impressionists as they were from each other.
This authoritative and artistic approach to the history of the men and women who made up the Impressionists and to the legacy they forged - from Manet's Olympia to van Gogh's Sutijlow-ers - at last provides a greater understanding of the movement and explains why Impressionism continues to be the most popular of artistic styles. The expert contextual analysis is both accessible and fascinating, and is augmented by over 450 color illustrations, including the popular, immediately recogni2able images central to the movement, and many carefully researched, rare paintings, seldom seen in print before, but destined to become new favorites. Vissza