Impressionism Origins Practice Reception (World of Art) - Origins, Practice, Reception

Informationen zum Autor Belinda Thomson is an independent art historian specializing in 19th and early 20th-century French art. She has published widely on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist topics. In 2011 she was awarded an honorary professorship in history of art at the University of Edinburgh and in 2013 the distinction of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des arts et des lettres. Klappentext Thompson challenges both sentimentalized and simplistic views of Impressionism, and draws upon recently discovered documents and family background investigations of the artists of the period. Illustrations. Vorwort A highly accessible and fresh account which brings together the very latest research on this most popular of all art movements Zusammenfassung Belinda Thomson illuminates Impressionist art through the thinking and personal lives of the artists themselves, examining the factors that allowed Impressionism to develop when it did. In her discussion of the style and subject matter of the paintings themselves, she draws on a wide range of sources and comparative material. She investigates the family background of the Impressionists, the importance of the art market and collecting, and the influence of the critical reception to their exhibitions.

Product details

• Authors: Belinda Thompson, Belinda Thomson, Thomson Belinda
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2000
• EAN: 9780500203354
• ISBN: 978-0-500-20335-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Series: world of art; World of Art S.; world of art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Europe, ART / History / General, ART / European, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Impressionism, Paintings and painting, Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism