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.

RM, refiguring modernism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color in art.

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

Color.

Impressionism (Art)--France.

Impressionism (Art).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : 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 Lumiere brothers' perfection of the autochrome color photography process. Examines the development of the basic aesthetic schemata of modern visual culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. Michel- Eugène Chevreul, Color, and the Dangers of Excessive Variety

Chapter Two . From Blue Roses to Yellow Violets: Flowers and the Cultivation of Color

Chapter Three . Impressionism’s Chemical Aesthetic: The Materials and Meanings of Color

Chapter Four . Fireworks: Color, Fantasy, and the Visual Culture of Modern Enchantment

Chapter Five . 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

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271079783

0271079789

9780271079806

0271079800

OCLC:

1052514699