Modernity and modernism: French painting in the nineteenth century

Published

1993

Publisher

Yale University Press

ISBN-13

9780300055146

ISBN-10

0300055145

Pages

297

Format

Paperback

Language

English

This first volume in the series focuses on aspects of Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism in Paris between 1848 and 1900. Discussing works by Courbet, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Morisot, and other great painters of the period, the authors demonstrate how some historians view this art as representative of the social, historical, and economic circumstances in which it was produced, how the painterly effects of the art are evaluated, and how a feminist perspective can help to explain art works and change our perception of them.