Impressionist painting

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Impressionism and the subsequent development of Post-Impressionism together constitute one of the major artistic innovations since the Renaissance. Mark Powell-Jones shows how novel ideas of the period about painting techniques, brushstrokes, canvas, light, subject matter, expression, realism, photography, the aim of painting and the role of the artist, all laid the foundations of modern art. The authoritative text takes into account new research in art history. Over 100 full-color illustrations are complemented by tinted information panels providing specific reference to each major painting, its background and critical interpretations. Among the artists in this book are Boudin, Monet, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Sisley, Cézanne, Morisot, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, and Bonnard.--Publisher description.