Monet : light, shadow, and reflection /
"The world's appearance would be shaken if we succeeded in perceiving the spaces in between things as 'things'." These words from the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty apply to the core of Claude Monet's art in the years between 1880 and the beginning of the twentieth c...
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Fondation Beyeler ; Hatje Cantz Verlag,
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Publisher Address: | Basel, Switzerland : Berlin, Germany : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English German |
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Summary: |
"The world's appearance would be shaken if we succeeded in perceiving the spaces in between things as 'things'." These words from the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty apply to the core of Claude Monet's art in the years between 1880 and the beginning of the twentieth century. While interest usually lies only on the early and late work of this exceptional artist, the catalogue, containing more than fifty works of art, traces the development between these two periods. Accompanied by texts by well-known art historians, the reader is invited to follow Monet's unusual treatment of reflections an |
Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel, January 22 - May 28, 2017. |
Carrier Form: | 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs ; 32 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9783775742399 3775742395 9783775742382: 3775742387 9783906053363 3906053369 9783906053356 3906053350 |
Index Number: | ND553 |
CLC: | J233(565)-28 |
Call Number: | J233(565)-28/M742 |
Contents: |
Light, Shadow, and Reflection / Monet and the Decorative / On Claude Monet and the Alchemy of Light / Backlight -- Trees -- The Seine -- The Customs Officer's House -- The Coast and the Sea -- Morning on the Seine -- London -- Nymphéas -- The Thames as Maritime Horizon / Claude Monet and Alice Hoschedé / The Travels of Monsieur Monet / |