Impressionist Art: A Crash Course (Crash Courses)

David Boyle

ISBN 10: 0823009882 / ISBN 13: 9780823009886

Published by Watson-Guptill Publications Div., 2001

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Synopsis:

For a so-called art movement, impressionist painters were a very dissimilar group. Monet and Renoir liked people-watching and hanging out with the jet set at La Brenouillière. Degas got his kicks from ballet dancers, working models, and racehorses. One thing these artists all had in common, however, was a love of color: bright, big, bold dabs of it.



Impressionist Art: A Crash Course provides lots of color as well as hundreds of amusing anecdotes and little-known facts about this popular period. Readers will not only be able to tell the Manets from the Monets, but will quickly become experts on the many mini-movements within this popular style. This fun-loving guide is appealing, compact, lavishly illustrated, and conveniently organized chronologically spread by spread. For anyone who can’t tell the water lilies from the haystacks, Impressionist Art: A Crash Course is an enjoyable trip for all.





• Reader-friendly and informative text brings new dimension to familiar history

• Each 2-page spread is devoted to a particular impressionist movement, topic, or individual artist

• Compact and easy to follow timeline puts vital events of the period into context

About the Author: David Boyle is the author of Renaissance Art: A Crash Course. He writes for The Times (London) and the Guardian. Boyle lives in London, England.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Impressionist Art: A Crash Course (Crash ...
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Div.
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: hardcover
Illustrator: Ivan Hissey
Condition: Very Good