Color in the age of impressionism : commerce, technology, and art / Laura Anne Kalba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalba, Laura Anne, 1977- author.

Series:

Refiguring modernism ; 22.

RM, refiguring modernism ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color in art.

Color--Social aspects--France--History--19th century.

Color.

Impressionism (Art)--France.

Impressionism (Art).

Color--Social aspects.

History.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Analyzes the impact of color technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumière brothers' perfection of the autochrome color photography process. Examines the development of the basic aesthetic schemata of modern visual culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Michel-Eugène Chevreul, color, and the dangers of excessive variety

From blue roses to yellow violets : flowers and the cultivation of color

Impressionism's chemical aesthetic : the materials and meanings of color

Fireworks : color, fantasy, and the visual culture of modern enchantment

Chromolithography : posters, trade cards, and the politics of ephemera collecting in fin-de-siècle France

Epilogue : autochromes and neo-impressionism : the end of the age of impressionism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271077000

027107700X

OCLC:

959552105