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Ronald R. Bernier is director of the Sordoni Art Gallery and faculty in art history at Wilkes University.
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"Monument, Moment, and Memory: Monet's Cathedral in the fin de siecle France".
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- PublisherBucknell University Press,U.S.
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0838756719
- ISBN 13 9780838756713
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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