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English
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The fourteenth novel in a twenty book series collectively entitled, "Les Rougon-Macquart, L'Œuvre" was first translated into English in 1886, the title having since been rendered "The Masterpiece". Set in France's Second Empire, the story of naturalist painter Claude Lantier is believed to be a highly fictionalized account of Zola's friendship with the painter Paul Cézanne. The fictional artist of Zola's Bohemian world, Lantier, strives to complete...
Author
Publisher
Ludion
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"'How to read Impressionism' is a new, original exploration of the 19th-century movement that changed art forever, and made household names of such painters as Monet, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Cassatt and others. James Rubin organizes this book by subject matter, rather than by artist or chronologically, looking at urban views and city life, interiors and still life, family and friends, and other common themes. In discussing Impressionism in this manner,...
9) Degas
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Series
Publisher
Avenel Books
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
"Presents the delicacy of the great French Impressionist famous for his treatments of the ballet, cafe-life and race track scenes." --
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Manet, Seurat, and Pisarro. Each piece is given a brief overview establishing its place in the Impressionist pantheon as well as in its artist's oeuvre. An introductory text explains the Impressionistic style, tracing the movement's development, while an...
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Series
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Mary Rogers Williams was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. She taught art at Smith College and travelled extensively through Europe and Scandinavia. Her work was shown in New York, Boston, and Paris; critics of the day didn't know what to make of her "poetic sensibility" and "shadowy quality". The book includes color reproductions and illustrations. About the author: Eve M. Kahn is a freelance writer specializing in architecture, design and...
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Publisher
Stock
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
Français
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"1863-1874. Du declin du Second Empire aux premieres annees de la Republique, sur fond d'Exposition universelle, une generation de jeunes peintres bouscule les traditions et le conformisme academique. Leurs noms: Manet, Renoir, Morisot, Monet, Degas"--Amazon.com.
Cousins Hortense and Gabrielle are swept into the circle of the young impressionist painters.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller
"Anyone who has ever lost themselves in Monet's color-saturated gardens or swooned over Degas's dancers will enjoy this revealing group portrait of the artists who founded the Impressionist movement. . . . For the armchair dilettante, as well as the art-history student, this is lively, required reading." - People
The first book to offer an intimate and lively biography of the world's most popular group of artists, including...