The Impressionists / Steven Adams ; with over 300 illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Steven, 1955-

Contributor:

Crane, Anne, contributing editor.

Howes, Ian, photographer.

Forrester, Paul, photographer.

Launder, Sally, cartographer.

Harwood, Jeremy, editorial director.

Quarto Publishing Limited, publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impressionism (Art)--France.

Impressionism (Art).

Painting, French--19th century.

Painting, French.

Impressionist artists--France--Biography.

Impressionist artists.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

France.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 34 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1990.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Precursors of Impressionism. Features: Artists, paints and colors; The Impressionists and industry; The changing face of Paris

2. The Emergence of Impressionism. Features: The Paris of the Impressionists; The Impressionists and the cafés; The Impressionists and the empire

3. The First Impressionist Exhibition. Features: War and the Impressionists; Japan and the Impressionists; Photography and the Impressionists

4 "La Nouvelle Peinture". Features: The Impressionists and the republic; Music and the Impressionists; The Impressionists and the World's Fairs; The Impressionists and fashion

5. The Impressionist Inheritance. Features: The Impressionists and entertainment; The Impressionists and the writers

6. The Gazetteer of Impressionism

7. The A-Z of Impressionists.

Notes:

"A Quarto Book"--Title page verso.

"First published in the USA in 1990 by Running Press Book Publishers ..."--Title page verso.

"This book was designed and produced by Quarto Publishing plc, The Old Brewery, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH"--Title page verso.

"Contributing editors Anne Crane, Suzanne Wyndham. Editorial Paula Borthwick, Nicholas Law, Mary Senéchal, Anthony Whitehorn. Art Editor William Mason. Photography Ian Howes, Paul Forrester. Maps Sally Launder. Picture Manager Joanna Wiese. Picture Research Nick Rowling. Indexer Ann Hall."--Title page verso.

"Editorial Director Jeremy Harwood. Art Director Nick Buzzard. Production Designer Richard Neo."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket illustrated with Les Grands Boulevards of Pierre-Auguste Renoir retained.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0894718681

9780894718687

OCLC:

22403638