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John House examines the many facets of the work and what it reveals about Renoir as a man and artist. He asks, "What did it mean to paint a picture like La Promenade in France in 1870, in the final months of Napoleon III's Second Empire?" The reader is invited to look at the canvas - and Impressionism - as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to contemporary social norms.
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Getty Museum Studies on Art: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, John House, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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- Title
- Getty Museum Studies on Art: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Subtitle
- La Promenade
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John House, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0892363657
- ISBN13
- 9780892363650
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Art, France, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, Western Europe, Impressionism
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- John House examines the many facets of the work and what it reveals about Renoir as a man and artist. He asks, "What did it mean to paint a picture like La Promenade in France in 1870, in the final months of Napoleon III's Second Empire?" The reader is invited to look at the canvas - and Impressionism - as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to contemporary social norms.