The colors and light of spring, summer, fall, and winter are gloriously celebrated in this elegantly slipcased volume filled with some of the most beloved paintings in the world. In four chapters-Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter-art historian Russell Ash considers how the Impressionists rendered the subtleties and drama of the changing seasons. Complemented by selected prose and verse by authors such as Emile Zola, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and William Blake, as well as extracts and writings from the artists themselves, Ash's text offers a detailed picture of how the seasons inspired Impressionist themes. From Monet and Renoir to Cizanne and Van Gogh, this lovely volume features not only the work of the major Impressionist artists but also that of their less familiar contemporaries. A rich, insightful gift book for art lovers.
