How to Look at Impressionism
Author(s): Francoise Barbe-Gall
Pre-Loved Books | Art and Design
Following the success of How to Look at a Painting and How to Understand a Painting, Francoise Barbe-Gall turns to one of the most popular art movements ever: Impressionism. Six thematic chapters range over subjects like The Outdoors, Capturing The Moment, Representing Things as They Are, Finding New Subjects, Looking Beyond Nature, to conclude with a chapter on the influence of Impressionist painting on the next generation of artists. Barbe-Gall reminds us of how radical this movement was in its day by starting each chapter with a discussion of one piece of Establishment art from the period, showing how fresh and shocking the Impressionists' work seemed in this context. The book is sumptuously illustrated, with several revealing close-ups of details from each painting. The author's own attention to the detail of each of the 42 featured works is complemented by short general remarks about the artists, their themes and their context to form an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to Impressionism.
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FRANCOISE BARBE-GALL studied history of art at the Sorbonne and also at the Ecole du Louvre, where she now teaches. She also directs an association called CORETA (Comment Regarder un Tableau), for whom she gives many lectures. She is regularly called upon to participate in management workshops, where her experience of analysing images in relation to publicity and marketing is called upon. Editions de l'Agenda de L'Empresa have published a collection of her articles, and she is the author of several articles on the work of the sculptor Tom Carr. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are How to Talk to Children about Art (9780711223882), How to Talk to Children about Modern Art (9780711232891), How to Look at a Painting (9780711232129) and How to Understand a Painting (9780711232136).
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- : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- : 25 September 2013
- : 215mm X 168mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Francoise Barbe-Gall
- : Paperback
- : 709.0344
- : 312
- : 125 colour illustrations