Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> A true historical painter… is one who paints the life he sees about him and so makes a record of his own epoch.” This principle voiced by the Impres- sionist Childe Hassam was heeded by the artists whose contributions are the focus of this volume: the American Impressionists and the Realists of the generation that succeeded them. The authors of the book which accompanies a major exhibi- tion illuminate the continuities and differences between American Impressionism and Realism two movements that are traditionally viewed as merely opposed. They explore the roots of American Impres- sionism in European art especially in the French Impressionists’ engagement with the contemporary scene. Also elucidated are the evolving responses of both the American Impressionists and Realists to the changing realities of life in the United States at the turn of the century as the nation shifted rapidly from an agrarian to an increasingly industrialized urban society. In an examination of paintings that represent the country the city. (OS)