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OverviewClaude Monet (1840-1926) is one of the most admired and famous painters of all time, and the architect of Impressionism: a revolution that gave birth to modern art. His technique - painting out of doors, at the seashore or in the city streets - was as radically new as his subject matter, the landscapes and middle-class pastimes of a newly industrialized Paris. Painting with an unprecedented immediacy and authenticity, Monet claimed that his work was something new: both natural and true. In this new introductory study, James H. Rubin - one of the world's foremost specialists in 19th-century French art - traces the development of Monet's practice, from his early work as a caricaturist to the late paintings of waterlilies and his garden at Giverny. Rubin explores the cultural currents that helped to shape Monet's work: the utopian thought that gave rise to his politics; his interest in Japanese prints, gardening, and trends in the decorative arts; and his relationship with earlier French landscape painters as well as such contemporaries as Manet and Renoir. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James H. RubinPublisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9780500204474ISBN 10: 0500204470 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 12 March 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction * 1. Defying Traditions: From Caricaturist to Career * 2. Defining Impressionism: Aspects of Modernity * 3. Interludes and Crises: Personal, Public and Pictorial * 4. The Picturesque as Turning Point: Travels, Sites and Series * 5. Poetry in the Garden: The Decorative, the 'Water Lilies' and Art Nouveau * 6. Vision and Subjectivity: Seeing with the Body * 7. Political Contexts: Nationalism and Utopia * 8. A Lasting Legacy: The Patriarch of Modern ArtReviews'A refreshing reconsideration of Monet' - Hyperallergic.com Author InformationJames H. Rubin is professor in the department of art at Stony Brook University, New York, where he teaches art history, theory and criticism, specializing in 19th-century France. He taught previously at Harvard, Boston University, Princeton and the Cooper Union. His books include studies of Manet, Delacroix, Courbet and Impressionism; most recently he is the author of How to Read Impressionism: Ways of Looking. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |