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Post-impressionism / Nathalia Brodskaïa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brodskai︠a︡, N. V. (Natalʹi︠a︡ Valentinovna)
- Series:
- Art of century collection.
- Art of century collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-impressionism (Art).
- Post-impressionism (Art)--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Parkstone International, [2012?]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While Impressionism marked the first steps toward modern painting by revolutionising an artistic medium stifled by academic conventions, Post-Impressionism, even more revolutionary, completely liberated colour and opened it to new, unknown horizons. Anchored in his epoch, relying on the new chromatic studies of Michel Eugène Chevreul, Georges Seurat transcribed the chemist's theory of colours into tiny points that created an entire image. With his heavy strokes, Van Gogh illustrated the midday sun, while Cézanne renounced perspective. Rich in its variety and in the singularity of its artists,
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Technical and Scientific Revolution; Post-Impressionism and its Contributions; MAJOR ARTISTS; PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906); NEO-IMPRESSIONISM; VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890); PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903); HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901); THE NABIS; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource, PDF version (viewed Sept. 02, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781283952231
- 1283952238
- 9781780428024
- 1780428022
- OCLC:
- 778448542
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