Impression - Richard R. Brettell
painting quickly in France, 1860-1890
KORTE INHOUD
The "point" of Impressionist art was to capture the fleeting moment, the transient effect of a certain place, person or time. Impressionist artists worked on site with speed and directness, hoping to distinguish their works with a new freshness, immediacy, and truthfulness. Yet the paintings they exhibited were in fact almost always completed in the studio later. This beautifully illustrated book investigates for the first time works that might truly be called Impressions--paintings that appear to be rapid transcriptions of shifting subjects but were nonetheless considered finished by their makers. Renowned Impressionist scholar Richard R. Brettell identifies and discusses Impressions by some of the best-known artists of the period, including Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Morisot, Degas, Pissarro, and Caillebotte. The book surveys the various practices of individual artists in the making, signing, exhibiting, and selling of Impressions. Brettell discusses the pictorial theories behind the paintings, the sales...
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2000Uitgever: Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.240 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300084471ISBN-13: 9780300084474Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrations in colour. [Auteur: Brettell, Richard R.] [Pagina's: 240] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New Haven/London : Yale University Press] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: Impression: painting quickly in France 1860-1890]
