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By: Series: World of artPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1985, 1967.Description: 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780500200568
  • 0500200564
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ND547.5.I4 P66 1985
Contents:
The roots of impressionism -- Pissarro, Renoir and Sisley up to 1869 -- Monet and Bazille up to 1869 -- Events leading to the Impressionist exhibit of 1874 -- The relationship of Manet and Degas of the Impressionists -- The period of High Impressionism: 1874-c.1880 -- Impressionism in the art of Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh -- The later works of Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro -- Impressionism outside France. Conclusions.
Summary: Impressionism, the revolutionary movement born in France in the 1860s and 1870s, was one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of painting. In her lively survey, Phoebe Pool relates the individual Impressionists--Renoir, Monet and Pissarro among them--to their predecessors and their heirs. She shows how they were influenced by artists like Delacroix, Courbet and the painters of the Barbizon school, and how Impressionism engendered the paintings of Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh.--From publisher description.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General ND 547 POO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0000419

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Praeger, 1967. (Praeger world art series).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The roots of impressionism -- Pissarro, Renoir and Sisley up to 1869 -- Monet and Bazille up to 1869 -- Events leading to the Impressionist exhibit of 1874 -- The relationship of Manet and Degas of the Impressionists -- The period of High Impressionism: 1874-c.1880 -- Impressionism in the art of Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh -- The later works of Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro -- Impressionism outside France. Conclusions.

Impressionism, the revolutionary movement born in France in the 1860s and 1870s, was one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of painting. In her lively survey, Phoebe Pool relates the individual Impressionists--Renoir, Monet and Pissarro among them--to their predecessors and their heirs. She shows how they were influenced by artists like Delacroix, Courbet and the painters of the Barbizon school, and how Impressionism engendered the paintings of Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh.--From publisher description.

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