Women in Impressionism : from mythical feminine to modern woman / edited by Sidsel Maria Søndergaard ; with contributions by Susan Strauber ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Søndergaard, Sidsel Maria.

Strauber, Susan Elizabeth, 1949-

Ny Carlsberg glyptotek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in art--Exhibitions.

Women in art.

Impressionism (Art)--Exhibitions.

Impressionism (Art).

Art, Modern--19th century--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Themes, motives.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

320 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Milano : Skira, 2006.

Summary:

The women in Impressionist painting represent the full spectrum of faces of the 19th-century woman, from elite portraiture to working class scenes. "Women and Impressionism" examines the avant-garde position of the Impressionists, whose paintings depicted a series of conceptual and historical shifts by depicting traditional, visual schemes with added new meanings, contributing visually to the breakthrough of the modern. The concept of "the new woman" came into existence in this confrontation of conflicting interests."Women and Impressionism" begins with an examination of two works by Manet-La Maitresse de Baudelaire couchee, 1862, and Portrait de Zacharie Astruc, 1866. The volume then traces the representation of women as it manifested in the work of the Impressionists in the 1870s and the early 1880s. The exhibition catalog includes a number of works from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection as well as from prestigious international private and public institutions.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, Copenhagen, Oct. 6, 2006-Jan. 21, 2007.

At head of title: NCG.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319).

ISBN:

8774522833

9788774522836

9788876247873

8876247874

OCLC:

77058155