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Claude Monet : the truth of nature /

"Capturing fleeting natural impressions played a central role in the art of Claude Monet (1840-1926). He deeply engaged with the landscape and light of different places, from the metropolis of Paris to the Seine villages of Argenteuil and Giverny. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the d...

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Corporate Authors: Denver Art Museum; Museum Barberini Potsdam, Germany; Prestel Verlag
Group Author: Daneo, Angelica; Heinrich, Christoph; Philipp, Michael, 1962; Westheider, Ortrud
Published: Museum Barberini,
Publisher Address: Potsdam, Germany :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Monet, Claude, > 1840-1926 > Exhibitions
Monet, Claude, > 1840-1926 > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
Monet, Claude, > 1840-1926 > Criticism and interpretation
Monet, Claude, > 1840-1926 > Themes, motives
Place Philosophy in art > Exhibitions
Nature in art > Exhibitions
Impressionism Art > 19th century > Exhibitions
Impressionism Art > 20th century > Exhibitions
Male artists > France > 19th century > Exhibitions
Male artists > France > 20th century > Exhibitions
Summary: "Capturing fleeting natural impressions played a central role in the art of Claude Monet (1840-1926). He deeply engaged with the landscape and light of different places, from the metropolis of Paris to the Seine villages of Argenteuil and Giverny. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the development of Monet's art from the 1850s to the 1920s, focusing on the places, both at home and on his frequent travel, from which he drew inspiration for his painting. In addition, the book traces the critical shift in Monet's art that occurred when he began to focus on series of the same subjects suc
Item Description: Catalog of an exhibition of the same title held at Denver Art Museum, October 21, 2019-February 2, 2020 and at Museum Barberini, February 22, 2020-June 1, 2020. Co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and the Museum Barberini, Potsdam.
Carrier Form: 279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-275).
ISBN: 9783791358703 (hardback) :
3791358707 (hardback)
Index Number: ND553
CLC: J205.565
Call Number: J205.565/C615
Contents: Entering the fray : Monet's sense of place in the 1860s /
Sur le motif : Monet, impressionism, and the practice of painting in nature /
Monet as draftsman : from drawings to inner images /
"These palm trees are driving me crazy" : Monet, the south, and the intentional motif /
Painter of modern life : Monet and the city /
Monet and other people's places : travel, tourism, and competition /
Monet, Bergson, and Proust : observations on place, displacement, and po

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