| Description |
1 online resource (151 pages) |
| Series |
Historical Connections |
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Historical connections.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of plates; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The origins of the new painting; The end of impressionism; The new painting and radical politics; 1 Under the Empire: the origins of the new painting; The new painting at the Salon; Republican art criticism; Painters and the Republic; 2 The coming of the Republic; 1870-1: the terrible year; The politics of the independent exhibition; The painting of republican life; Patonage and policy; 3 The crisis of impressionism; From the Salon to the one-man show |
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The trials of middle ageCultural crisis; The Dreyfus affair; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Impressionists and Politics is an accessible introduction to the current debates about Impressionism. Was the artistic movement really radical and innovative? Is the term ""Impressionism"" itself an adequate characterization of the movement of painters and critics that took the mid-nineteenth century Paris art world by storm?By providing an historical background and context, the book places the Impressionists' roots in wider social and economic transformations and explains its militancy, both aesthetic and political. Impressionists and Politics is a concise history of |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Painting, French -- 19th century.
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Impressionism (Art) -- France
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Art -- Political aspects -- France
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art -- Political aspects
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Impressionism (Art)
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Painting, French
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France
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136131806 |
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1136131809 |
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