Series: Denver Art Museum | Publication Date: November 5, 2007
Inspiring Impressionism explores links between Impressionists and the major European art-historical movements that came before them, demonstrating how often beneath the Impressionists’ commitment to capturing contemporary life there lay a deep exploration of the art of the past. Presenting Impressionist works by artists including Manet, Monet, Degas, Bazille, Cassatt, and Cézanne alongside those of Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Velázquez, and others, the book shows that while the Impressionists moved toward modernity and spontaneity, they remained conscious of and interested in the traditions, techniques, and subject matter of their predecessors.
Essays by leading scholars reveal the ways Impressionists drew inspiration from earlier artists from periods ranging from the Italian Renaissance through the early 19th-century Classical and Romantic traditions. A detailed chronology and fascinating comparisons of landscapes, portraits, nudes, still lifes, and genre paintings provide readers with new opportunities to understand the work of both the Impressionists and Old Masters.
Xavier Bray is assistant curator at the National Gallery, London. Michael Clarke is Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland. John Collins is assistant curator at the National Gallery of Canada. Ann Dumas is a freelance art historian based in London. John House is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Frances Jowell is an authority on Dutch 17th-century art. Richard Rand is senior curator at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Lesley Stevenson is principal lecturer at Thames Valley University.
Product Details
Hardcover: 280 pages
Publisher: Denver Art Museum; paperback edition (November 5, 2007)
This review is from: Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past (Denver Art Museum) (Hardcover)
This book is extremely well written, has beautiful, full color illustrations and has so much information about this exhibit. I have encouraged my students to purchase it because it is so informative and has the historical information you could find no where else.
The paintings are reproduced in wonderful detail, and large enough so that you can actually learn from studying them.
I have gone to the exhibit twice and the book was such a great introduction, knowing all the backgrounds to this exhibit was invaluable.
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This review is from: Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past (Denver Art Museum) (Hardcover)
beautiful reproductions. scholarly discussion of the artists chosen. but does not hint at the many other important impressionists. i gave it as a gift and the recipient is proud of it.
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