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World Impressionism
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by:
Broude, Norma
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Publisher:
Harry N Abrams
Published: September 1, 1994
ISBN: 0810981157
Format:Hardcover
Pages:424
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
In a much-needed, revelatory survey, impressionism is seen not as a French school but as a major event in the world's visual culture. The luminous palette and spontaneous brushwork of Renoir, Monet et al. inspired or coincided
with an individualistic, responsive approach taken by painters from Canada and Latin America to Russia and the Far East. In Britain, the impressionist impulse helped liberate artists from Victorian painting's moralizing norms; in Japan, it fostered a
style able to convey the artist's unique personality; in places as diverse as Italy, Finland and Australia, it became linked with nationalist aspirations. Childe Hassam (U.S.), Anders Zorn (Sweden), Ilya Repin and Igor Grabar (Russia) and Joaquin Sorolla
(Spain) are among scores of painters profiled in a marvelously illustrated volume that will forever change the way we look at impressionism. Art historian Broude led an international team of scholars in this effort.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business
Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Though Impressionism is usually associated with the French, Broude here shows how it influenced artists worldwide. This hefty volume (517 illustrations, 300 in color) was first published in 1990 at the
equally hefty price of $75. The Abradale edition offers the same quality for a better price.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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