Remove from your active Pick list Save for later

Impressionist art : 1860-1920

Feist, Peter H. (Peter Heinz), 1928-2016

Book

Total copies: 1

Available: 1

Availability by location

Place reservation

Summary

It was a dappled and daubed harbour scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to deride this new, impressionistic, tendency in art. As with many seminal art movements, the critics got their comeuppance. Today, Impressionism is close contender for the world's favourite period of painting. With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auction prices, and packed museums, the works once dismissed as unfinished or imprecise are now beloved for their atmospheric evocation of time and place, as well as the stylistic flair of rapid brushstrokes upon canvas.

Record details

Main title:

Impressionist art : 1860-1920 / [authors, Peter H. Feist, Beatrice von Bismark, Andreas Blühm, Jens Peter Munk, Karin Sagner, Ingo F. Walther ; edited by Ingo F. Walther ; English translation, Michael Hulse].

Author:

Feist, Peter H. (Peter Heinz), 1928-, authorWalther, Ingo F., editor, authorHulse, Michael, translatorBismarck, Beatrice von, authorBlühm, Andreas, authorMunk, Jens Peter, authorSagner, Karin, author

Work:

Impressionist art : 1860-1920

Imprint:

Collation:

781 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm

Notes:

Originally published: 1992.Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783836557115 (hardback)

Dewey class: