Impressionism : art, leisure, and Parisian society / Robert L. Herbert.

By:

Herbert, Robert L, 1929- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Yale University Press [publisher.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1988Description: 1 online resource (xix, 324 pages, [1] pages of plates) : 311 illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:

text
still image

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0300233965
9780300233964

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

LOC classification:

ND550 .H47 1988

Partial contents:

Chronology . Paris and the Impressionists -- Paris transformed -- Impressionism and naturalism -- Caf�e and caf�e-concert -- Theater, opera, and dance -- Parks, racetracks, and gardens -- Suburban leisure -- At the seaside -- Conclusion : Impressionism, leisure, and modern society.

Summary: "This remarkable book will transform the way we look at Impressionist art. The culmination of twenty years of research by a preeminent scholar in the field, it fundamentally revises the conventional view of the Impressionist movement and shows for the first time how it was fully integrated into the social and cultural life of the times. Robert L. Herbert explores the themes of leisure and entertainment that dominated the great years of Impressionist painting between 1865 and 1885. Cafes, opera houses, dance halls, theaters, racetracks, and vacations by the sea were the central subjects of the majority of these paintings, and Herbert relates these pursuits to the transformation of Paris under the Second Empire. Sumptuously illustrated with many of the most beautiful Impressionist images, both familiar and unfamiliar, this book presents provocative new interpretations of a wide range of famous masterpieces. Artists are seen to be active participants in, as well as objective witnesses to, contemporary life, and there are many profound insights into the social and cultural upheaval of the times"--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) Main Reading Room	ND550 .H47 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		SMCF23090379

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-319) and index.

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"This remarkable book will transform the way we look at Impressionist art. The culmination of twenty years of research by a preeminent scholar in the field, it fundamentally revises the conventional view of the Impressionist movement and shows for the first time how it was fully integrated into the social and cultural life of the times. Robert L. Herbert explores the themes of leisure and entertainment that dominated the great years of Impressionist painting between 1865 and 1885. Cafes, opera houses, dance halls, theaters, racetracks, and vacations by the sea were the central subjects of the majority of these paintings, and Herbert relates these pursuits to the transformation of Paris under the Second Empire. Sumptuously illustrated with many of the most beautiful Impressionist images, both familiar and unfamiliar, this book presents provocative new interpretations of a wide range of famous masterpieces. Artists are seen to be active participants in, as well as objective witnesses to, contemporary life, and there are many profound insights into the social and cultural upheaval of the times"--Publisher's description.

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