| Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet Contributor(s): Kelly, Simon (Author), Watson, April M. (Author), McWilliam, Neil (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0300196954 ISBN-13: 9780300196955 Publisher: Other Distribution OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Photography | History - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 709.440 |
| LCCN: 2013023234 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 10.1" W x 11.2" (3.85 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A novel look at the relationship between Impressionist painting and photography and the forging of a national identity in France between 1850 and 1880 Between 1850 and 1880, Impressionist landscape painting and early forms of photography flourished within the arts in France. In the context of massive social and political change that also marked this era, painters and photographers composed competing visions of France as modern and industrialized or as rural and anti-modern. Impressionist France explores the resonances between landscape art and national identity as reflected in the paintings and photographs made during this period, examining and illustrating in particular the works of key artists such as douard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, the Bisson Fr res, douard Manet, Jean-Fran ois Millet, Claude Monet, Charles N gre, and Camille Pissarro. This ambitious premise focuses on the whole of France, exploring the relationship between landscape art and the notion of French nationhood across the country's varied and spectacular landscapes in seven geographical sections and four scholarly essays, which provide new information regarding the production and impact of French Impressionism. |