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Author : Bruce Bernard
Release : 1986
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Impressionist Revolution by : Bruce Bernard
Download or read book The Impressionist Revolution written by Bruce Bernard. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the careers of Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Pissaro, and Cezanne, and explains why their paintings were considered so controversial by their contemporaries
Author : Véronique Bouruet Aubertot
Release : 2017-10-10
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 207/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Impressionism by : Véronique Bouruet Aubertot
Download or read book Impressionism written by Véronique Bouruet Aubertot. This book was released on 2017-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, accessible, and richly illustrated guide to impressionism—the perennially popular artistic movement that led to the radical renewal of Western art. Monet, Renoir, Degas, Rodin, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and the other Impressionist artists burst onto the art scene in the second half of the nineteenth century, creating shock waves with their rebellious rejection of the academy’s strict rules dictating subject matter, style, and even color. Their art, labeled impressionism, coincided with the Industrial Revolution, when the world was suddenly jettisoned into modernity. The young artists who gave rise to the movement confronted public disdain and oppression in Europe, but were applauded overseas for their radically contemporary aesthetic. This complete and accessible guide renews and refreshes conventional views on impressionism by placing this seminal moment in art in its historical context. Emblematic masterpieces are examined with a focus on each detail, allowing a deeper understanding and appreciation of the artworks. Biographies of all the major artists of the movement provide insight about their life and significant works, and period photographs illustrate this incredibly rich and exciting time in art history. Organized thematically, the guide includes chapters on photography, fashion, female impressionists, exhibitions, galleries and dealers, writers, the movement’s influence on later artists, and recurrent impressionist themes including leisure activities, the garden, the city, and industry. Replete with illustrations and numerous firsthand accounts and quotations, this book recounts a story of emancipation.
Author : Ross King
Release : 2012-01-11
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 963/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Judgment of Paris by : Ross King
Download or read book The Judgment of Paris written by Ross King. This book was released on 2012-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another fascinating book by the author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling: a saga of artistic rivalry and cultural upheaval in the decade leading to the birth of Impressionism. If there were two men who were absolutely central to artistic life in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, they were Edouard Manet and Ernest Meissonier. While the former has been labelled the “Father of Impressionism” and is today a household name, the latter has sunk into obscurity. It is difficult now to believe that in 1864, when this story begins, it was Meissonier who was considered the greatest French artist alive and who received astronomical sums for his work, while Manet was derided for his messy paintings of ordinary people and had great difficulty getting any of his work accepted at the all-important annual Paris Salon. Manet and Meissonier were the Mozart and Salieri of their day, one a dangerous challenge to the establishment, the other beloved by rulers and the public alike for his painstakingly meticulous oil paintings of historical subjects. Out of the fascinating story of their parallel careers, Ross King creates a lens through which to view the political tensions that dogged Louis-Napoleon during the Second Empire, his ignominious downfall, and the bloody Paris Commune of 1871. At the same time, King paints a wonderfully detailed and vivid portrait of life in an era of radical social change. When Manet painted Dejeuner sur l’herbe or Olympia, he shocked not only with his casual brushstrokes but with his subject matter: top-hatted white-collar workers (and their mistresses) were not considered suitable subjects for ‘Art.’ Ross King shows how, benign as they might seem today, these paintings changed the course of history. The struggle between Meissonier and Manet to see their paintings achieve pride of place at the Salon was not just about artistic competitiveness, it was about how to see the world. Full of fantastic tidbits of information and a colourful cast of characters that includes Baudelaire, Courbet and Zola, with walk-on parts for Monet, Renoir, Degas and Cezanne, The Judgment of Paris casts new light on the birth of Impressionism and takes us to the heart of a time in which the modern French identity was being forged.
Author : Peter H. Feist
Release : 1993
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 549/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Impressionist Art, 1860-1920: Impressionism in France by : Peter H. Feist
Download or read book Impressionist Art, 1860-1920: Impressionism in France written by Peter H. Feist. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Greenfeld
Release : 1972-01-01
Genre : Impressionism (Art)
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Book Rating : 317/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Impressionist Revolution by : Howard Greenfeld
Download or read book The Impressionist Revolution written by Howard Greenfeld. This book was released on 1972-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the Impressionist "revolution" by which such artists as Renoir, Monet, and Pissarro protested the materialistic emphasis of nineteenth-century French society.
