The great book of French impressionism /

This book celebrates the richness and exuberance of the Impressionists' world--a world of light and color, of sunlit fields and shimmering waterscapes, of bustling city views and intimate domestic scenes. Contains more than 400 illustrations, over 200 in full color, with sixteen fold-out color...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelder, Diane
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abbeville Press, [1980], ©1980
New York : c1980
New York : ©1980
New York : c1980
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Toward a vision of modern life
  • Edouard Manet: reluctant revolutionary
  • The new painting
  • Claude Monet: Impressionist par excellence
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir: the exuberant Impressonist
  • Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: the studied moment
  • The Impressionists in 1886
  • Paul Cézanne and legacy of Impressionism