The return of the revised edition of the most popular volume
on the subject offers inspired, authoritative text and hundreds of
exquisite illustrations.
內容簡介:
This volume celebrates the richness and exuberance of the
impressionists'' world - a world of light and colour, of bustling
city views and intimate domestic scenes. It contains 400
illustrations - over half in full colour - capturing the subtle
nuances of light and keen perception that make the French
impressionist paintings unique. Art historian Diane Kelder traces
the development of impressionism from its roots in landscape and
realist painting through its focus on modern urban life to its
ultimate goal - to fix on canvas the fleeting moods and effects of
nature in a world that stands still for no-one. The author examines
in detail the lives and works of all the major impressionists and
post-impressionists, including Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat and Cezanne, and shows how their work
influenced others in the movement, ultimately giving rise to the
new art of the 20th century. There are anecdotes with excerpts from
contemporary essays and letters.
關於作者:
Diane Kelder is Professor of Art History at
the College of Staten Island and the Graduate School of the City
University of New York. She is the author of numerous articles and
books, including The Great Book of Post-Impressionism and Stuart
Davis: A Documentary Monograph in Modern Art.