| Description |
296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. On the eve, 1850-70. Introduction ; The impetus of industry ; The persistence of the print ; A painter between two worlds: Charles-François Daubigny ; Mechanical reproduction ; 1850-2: Delâtre and Meryon ; 1852-7: Bracquemond, Millet, Legros ; Whistler and Seymour Haden ; Degas's self portrait ; 1859: the new art market ; 1861: the Society of Etchers ; Manet and the etching ; 1862: the artist's lithograph ; Manet and the lithographer ; 1863: the Salon des Refusés ; Jongkind ; Appian and the School of Lyon ; Constantin Guys ; The eleventh subscriber ; The discovery of Japan -- Pt. 2. Day and night. War and revolution ; 1873: the Anvers Group ; The revival of the artist's lithograph ; 1874: the first Impressionist exhibition ; Henri Guérard ; Lepic and the Mobile Etching ; Desboutin and De Nittis ; Félix Buhot and 'La belle épreuve' ; Modern book-collecting ; Degas and his group ; Le Jour et la Nuit ; Pissarro and Degas: industrial progress ; The confection of rarity ; The value of the times ; The obliteration of the object ; Scenes from private life ; 1888: revival ; Whistler's Venetian suite ; 1883: the rôle of the rebels ; 1886: the last Impressionist exhibition -- Pt. 3. The next day, 1886-1900. After Impressionism ; 1889: the Society of Painter-Printmakers ; Rodin ; Sisley ; Berthe Morisot ; Renoir ; Degas's Women in the bath ; Mary Cassatt ; The arrival of colour ; The monotypes of Degas ; Other monotype artists: Pissarro and Gauguin ; Gauguin and Primitivism ; Van Gogh ; Toulouse-Lautrec ; Pissarro's Bathers ; The success of the original print ; Vollard and the Impressionists ; The vogue for colour lithography ; Forain, the last Impressionist ; Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Prints, French -- 19th century.
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Impressionism (Art) -- France.
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Art and society -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
Estampe impressionniste. English
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| ISBN |
0300067925 cloth |
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9780300067927 cloth |
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