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Artist letters and comments, along with important literary texts placed in conjunction with the paintings of the period. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color.

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Another big book on Impressionism? Why not--even art book publishing has been going through some rough economic patches lately. This new tome is a "safe" work, with lots of handsome color plates of popular works by the mainstream Impressionists and a compilation of contemporary commentary by notable artists and critics. The comments and criticism are nicely arrayed in a chronological log of the triumphs and despairs encountered by the Impressionist artists. There are even a few previously untranslated documents offered up for the first time. Do not expect any revisionist summations or variations on the enduringly fascinating story of Impressionism; this book is meant to stand on the strength of its survey overview of the art movement as a whole. In many ways, it is really most effective as a gift book for the enthusiast. However, its virtues of plate and text make it a useful acquisition for large public and undergraduate libraries, although many may get by with Diane Kelder's The Great Book of French Impressionism ( LJ 1/1/81) if they already have it in their collections.
- Paula A. Baxter, NYPL
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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To critic Kenneth Clark, French impressionist painting was essentially paganism with a touch of magic. For Meyer Schapiro, the impressionists were prophets groping to reestablish the pervasive human sociability that capitalism had destroyed. How Zola, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Van Gogh, Kandinsky and modern critics have viewed the impressionists and how these renegade painters saw themselves is the subject of this stunning volume, which opens one's eyes anew to impressionism's fresh glimpse of the world. This documentary chronicle splices color plates with letters, journal entries, reviews and essays by or about the artists. The juxtapositions are often fruitful: for example, surrealist poet Andre Masson's critique of Monet ("the limpid eye,the Raphael of the waters") alongside Water-Lilies at Twilight. A light, feathery Berthe Morisot watercolor and Degas' powerful David and Goliath hold up well in the company of more familiar masterpieces. Kapos teaches at London's Chelsea School of Art.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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