
Impressionism and the Modern Landscape
Productivity, Technology, and Urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh
James H. Rubin(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-520-24801-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a major reevaluation of one of art history's most popular and important art movements. In "Impressionism and the Modern Landscape", James Rubin shifts the focus from familiar scenes of pleasure - the beautiful countryside, people at leisure - to a landscape changing as the result of productivity, technology, and urbanization. He demonstrates not only that the industrial and demographic revolutions of the nineteenth century had a profound impact on art, but also that impressionism was the first art historical movement to embrace such changes.Looking principally at Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Armand Guillaumin, and Gustave Caillebotte, Rubin has selected works in four categories: industrial waterways, trains, factories, and photographic viewpoints in the modern city. The examples convey not only these major themes but also the painters' belief in the progress of civilization through science and industry. The book thus expands the scope of impressionist celebrations of modernity to include "impressionism's other landscape."
Reviews / Votes
"A fresh perspective into a little-noticed aspect of the impressionist movement... Refreshingly insightful." Art Times / Css PublicationsMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
24 color illustrations, 125 b-w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1089 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-24801-4 (9780520248014)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
James Rubin is Professor of Art History at Stony Brook, the State University of New York, and Adjunct Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union. He is the author of eight books, including Courbet, Impressionism, and Impressionist Cats and Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life.
Content
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: IMPRESSIONISM'S OTHER LANDSCAPE 1. Renovation and Modern Viewpoints: Roads, Bridges, and City Spaces 2. Art and Technology: Impressionism and Photography 3. Industrial Waterways: Ports, Rivers, and Canals 4. Railways and Stations: Trains and Tracks 5. Factories and Work Sites: City and Country 6. Revival and Renewal in the Next Generation 7. Political Frames and Aspirations: Realism to Utopia 8. Performing Representation: Modernism and Modernity LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INDEX