Impressionism
Origins, Practice, Reception
Will be published approx. on 2. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-500-20335-4 (ISBN)
Description
Belinda Thomson illuminates Impressionist art through the thinking and personal lives of the artists themselves, examining the factors that allowed Impressionism to develop when it did.
In her discussion of the style and subject matter of the paintings themselves, she draws on a wide range of sources and comparative material. She investigates the family background of the Impressionists, the importance of the art market and collecting, and the influence of the critical reception to their exhibitions.
In her discussion of the style and subject matter of the paintings themselves, she draws on a wide range of sources and comparative material. She investigates the family background of the Impressionists, the importance of the art market and collecting, and the influence of the critical reception to their exhibitions.
Reviews / Votes
'Full of new insights and informed by recent developments in the social history of art, it is also, to its credit, written in an eloquent and eminently readable style ' - Linda NochlinMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
55 Illustrations, black and white; 201 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-20335-4 (9780500203354)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Phoebe Pool
Impressionism
Book
07/1967
2nd Edition
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€29.85
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Person
Belinda Thomson is an independent art historian specializing in 19th and early 20th-century French art. She has published widely on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist topics. In 2011 she was awarded an honorary professorship in history of art at the University of Edinburgh and in 2013 the distinction of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des arts et des lettres.