The art of impressionism: painting technique & the making of modernity

"This important book is the first full-scale exploration of Impressionist technique. Focusing on the easel-painted work of Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Morisot, Caillebotte, Sisley and Degas in the period before 1900, it places their methods and materials in a historical perspecti...

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Main Author: Callen, Anthea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2000]
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Online Access:DE-255
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Summary:"This important book is the first full-scale exploration of Impressionist technique. Focusing on the easel-painted work of Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Morisot, Caillebotte, Sisley and Degas in the period before 1900, it places their methods and materials in a historical perspective and evaluates their origins, novelty and meanings within the visual formation of urban modernity. Drawing on scientific studies of pigments and materials, artists' treatises, colormens' [sic] archives, and contemporary and modern accounts, Anthea Callen demonstrates how raw materials and paintings are profoundly interdependent. She analyses the material constituents of oil painting and the complex processes of 'making' entailed in all aspects of artistic production, discussing in particular oil painting methods for landscapists and the impact of plein air light on figure painting, studio practice and display"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 245 Seiten) 281 Illustrationen (some color)
ISBN:0300238134
9780300238136
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00125

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