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The Impressionists at First Hand
About This Book
The Impressionists Monet, Manet, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and others are probably the most popular of all artistic schools. Their struggle to impose a new vision is one of the most absorbing in the whole history of art. With imagination and insight, art historian Bernard Denvir brings Impressionism into focus by showing it through the eyes of the artists themselves and their contemporaries, against the background of the time. Through letters, critical reviews, statements and reminiscences whether explosive or appreciative, blinkered or perceptive of the people who were there, the story of this ground-breaking art movement comes alive. This was the age of innovation, political liberalization, emergent photography and modern ideas about perception. The Impressionists had new ways of painting, but they also had a new world to paint. This revised edition now features full colour reproductions of art throughout and an updated bibliography.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Documents 1855–1871
- Chapter 2: Documents 1871–1873
- Chapter 3: Documents 1874–1876
- Chapter 4: Documents 1877–1881
- Chapter 5: Documents 1882–1885
- Chapter 6: Documents 1886–1894
- Chapter 7: Documents 1895–1920
- Biographies
- Chronology
- Bibliographical Note
- List of Illustrations
- Index
- Copyright
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