Impressionism

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There is nothing like James Rubin's Impressionism. While there are brilliant discussions of individual artists like Manet or Monet, and complex treatments of the social and cultural contexts of the movement known as "Impressionism", no other existing book covers all its aspects from so many diverse angles, in such a readable fashion. Until now there has been a dearth of good, well-illustrated books on Impressionism that were both intelligent and thorough enough to serve as surveys of the period in its entirety; as a potential college course textbook, this one beats the rest.

A superbly insightful book that provides an original and much need synthesis of years of Impressionist scholarship.



[A] masterly sythesis of the new research surrounding the study of Impressionism - For all its conceptual sophistication, Rubin's book also provides numerous examples of precise and beautifully nuanced formal analyses of paintings. Highest recommendation.

Introduction - a spectacle of modern pleasures; the names of impressionism - modernity and form; the artist as subject - the Paris of Edouard Manet; naturalism in Plein-Air; Claude Monet's landscapes of leisure; places, people and traditions - Bazille, Pissarro and Renoir; choreography and science - performances by Edgar Degas; feminine and masculine - Morisot, Cassatt and Caillebotte; opposition or complicity? Impressionism and political power; reassessment and renewal - the neo-impressionist critique; mseries and originals - commerce and creativity; towards an aftermath - Paul Cezanne's modernism; other media, other places - legacies of impressionism.

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