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About the book >.>.> Inspiring Impressionism explores links between Impressionists and the major European art-historical movements that came before them demonstrating how often beneath the Impressionists’ commit- ment to capturing contemporary life there lay a deep exploration of the art of the past. Presenting Impressionist works by artists includ- Ing Manet Monet Degas Bazille Cassatt and C?zanne alongside those of Raphael El Greco Rubens Vel?zquez and others the book shows that while the Impressionists moved toward modernity and spontaneity they remained conscious of and interested in the tradi- tions techniques and subject matter of their predecessors. Essays by leading scholars reveal the ways Impressionists drew inspiration from earlier artists from periods ranging from the Italian Renaissance through the early nineteenth-century Classical and Romantic traditions. A detailed chronology and fascinating com- parisons of landscapes portraits nudes still lifes and genre paint- ings provide readers with new opportunities to understand the work of both the Impressionists and Old Masters. (OS)