RAYMOND COGNIAT
THE CENTURY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS
New York 1967
Stron 207, format: 24,5x32 cm
110 kolorowych i 64 czarno-białych reprodukcji
Książka używana: naderwana obwoluta.
Stan dobry
Impressionism, which is one of the most brilliant achievements in the history of art, is not only the unfolding and blossoming of French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century; it also expresses certain general hopes and aspirations which find in it their true expression.
If one wants to recreate the complex milieu of the nineteenth-century world of the arts and to trace the influences and trends in France and elsewhere which were reflected in the work of Impressionist painters, it is necessary to consider the seeds of Impressionism and the aftermath as reflected in new movements in art after the turn of the century. The diversity of paintings reproduced in this volume provides a wide international panorama and a comprehensive view of the many forms in which the movement took shape.
In his informative, succinct text, Raymond Cogniat demonstrates the mutual interdependence of art and ideas. His study is directed particularly toward interested art-lovers who wish to appreciate more fully the outstanding works of art in this distinguished period and to understand more fully the colorful period in which they were created.
CONTENTS
The Forerunners - Supremacy of Sentiment. The English Landscape-Painters 5
The Supremacy of Nature 14
The Passion for Liberty. The Supremacy of Man 25
The Pre-Impressionists 1 42
The First Generation:
The Painters of Fleeting Change 46
The Painters of The Static 64
Minor Masters 73
Second Generation:
At the Pinnacle of Reason 89
At the Pinnacle of Inspiration 90
The Third Generation 113
Academicism 15°
Supporters and Opponents Abroad 155
Biographical Notes 179
Bibliography 203
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