Great Masters of Art: Monet: A Retrospective

ISBN 10: 0517618249 / ISBN 13: 9780517618240

Published by Random House Value Publishing, 1988

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Seller Inventory # D07N-00621

Synopsis:

A comprehensive guide to Monet's life and work contains more than two hundred reproductions and illustrations, accompanied by insightful criticism by such classic authors as Proust and Zola, as well as in-depth interviews with Monet

From Publishers Weekly: Interweaving reproductions of Monet's paintings with contemporaneous newspaper reviews, articles and interviews, this magnificently illustrated album (134 color and 120 black-and-white plates, plus 20 color fold-outs) shows how the public first reviled, then glorified Impressionism. Shrill ridicule and begrudging praise gave way to solid appreciation, triggered by comments such as this from Emile Zola: "His paintings speak whole volumes to me about energy and truth. . . . Here is a man among all these eunuchs." Novelist J. K. Huysmans found Monet's early canvases "sloppy" and "hasty," but the painter's friend, poet Stephane Mallarme, wrote, "I have never seen a boat poised more lightly on the water than in his pictures." Another supporter, Georges Clemenceau, praised the Water Lilies for daring to achieve the impossible. Critic Clement Greenberg defined Monet's enduring strength: "Impressionism was, and expressed, his innermost experience." Stuckey, curator at the National Gallery of Art, smoothly stitches together the commentaries to form a unique approach to understanding Monet. November 10
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Great Masters of Art: Monet: A Retrospective
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included