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"An unprecedented new book celebrating the Impressionist themes of water and boats including works by the movement's most renowned artists, such as Manet and Monet, Renoir and Seurat. Plein-air painting allowed the Impressionists to capture a vibrant outdoor world with startling immediacy;...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"An unprecedented new book celebrating the Impressionist themes of water and boats including works by the movement's most renowned artists, such as Manet and Monet, Renoir and Seurat. Plein-air painting allowed the Impressionists to capture a vibrant outdoor world with startling immediacy; and water, boats, and all things nautical provided natural fodder for these artists, many of whom were sailors and yachtsman themselves. This unprecedented new volume, coinciding with a major exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, traces the history of these delightful, light-infus |
| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition held June 1-Oct. 6, 2013, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Nov. 9, 2013-Feb. 9, 2014, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and index. |
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9780847840250 (hardcover) 0847840255 (hardcover) 9780847840373 (paperback) 0847840379 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | ND547 |
| CLC: | J209.9-28 |
| Call Number: | J209.9-28/L793 |
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Coastal adventures, riparian pleasures : the Impressionists and boating / The making of Impressionism : boating, technology, and utopia in nineteenth-century French art / Visions of boating in French printmaking : from Daubigny to the Pont-Aven school / |