Impressionism / Nathalia Brodskaïa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodskai͡a, N. V. (Natalʹi͡a Valentinovna), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impressionism (Art).

Painting, French--19th century.

Painting, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Parkstone Press International, [2018]

Summary:

Just before his death, Claude Monet wrote: "I'm still sorry to have been the cause of the name given to this group, most of whom were not in the least bit impressionistic". Starting with this paradox - an ensemble that saw itself as a coherent group, while affirming artistic individuality as the ultimate goal - the author, Nathalia Brodskaïa, explores the contradictions of late nineteenth-century art. Was it not Manet who evoked the definitive formula: "I paint what I see and not what others want to see" ? There would be a long way to go before the world recognised the difference between traditional, academic art and the birth of modern, non-figurative painting. After analysing the essential elements of the Impressionist movement, Nathalia Brodskaïa pursues, across the oeuvre of each of the main players, the search for "that conviction they had, of justice in their principles and value in their art". From this assertion of difference, modern painting was born.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

The Impressionists and Academic Painting

Precursors

The First Impressionist Exhibition

Edouard Manet (1832-1883)

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 28, 2018).

ISBN:

9781785251856

1785251856

9781785256578

1785256572

OCLC:

1029496593