Blackwell Companions to Art History – serie

A comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century to the presentCharting the artistic eras from the transformative upheavals of the French Revolution to the dynamic global intersections of contemporary art in the 21st century, A Companion to French Art, provides an unparalleled analysis of French art. Edited by Richard Taws and Natalie Adamson, this authoritative volume offers new ways to consider the broad history of French art through critical attention to diverse objects, mediums, and practices that have shaped French art across centuries.Shedding new light on how art has interacted with and challenged established narratives, this volume features 30 essays by leading and emerging scholars, offering insights into a wide range of topics, including revolutionary iconography, modernist movements, colonial legacies, and contemporary art's engagement with global issues. Going beyond traditional frameworks, these chapters present new methodologies and innovative interpretations that reflect the evolving questions and challenges in art history. Addressing essential themes while expanding the boundaries of how French art is understood today, A Companion to French Art: Offers comprehensive coverage of French art with a uniquely wide topical and temporal scopeExamines diverse media and materials including painting, sculpture, photography, film, ceramics, industrial design, and fashionEngages with cutting-edge methodologies such as post-colonial critique and feminist theoryDraws on in-depth archival research and previously unexplored materials for fresh insightsEssential for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in French art history, A Companion to French Art, is also an invaluable resource for academics, museum professionals, and researchers worldwide.

The 21st century's first major academic reassessment of Impressionism, providing a new generation of scholars with a comprehensive view of critical conversationsPresenting an expansive view of the study of Impressionism, this extraordinary volume breaks new thematic ground while also reconsidering established questions surrounding the definition, chronology, and membership of the Impressionist movement. In 34 original essays from established and emerging scholars, this collection considers a diverse range of developing topics and offers new critical approaches to the interpretation of Impressionist art.Focusing on the 1860s to 1890s, this Companion explores artists who are well-represented in Impressionist studies, including Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cassatt, as well as Morisot, Caillebotte, Bazille, and other significant yet lesser-known artists. The essays cover a wide variety of methodologies in addressing such topics as Impressionism's global predominance at the turn of the 20th century, the relationship between Impressionism and the emergence of new media, the materials and techniques of the Impressionists, and the movement's exhibition and reception history. Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Art History series, this important new addition to scholarship in this field: Reevaluates the origins, chronology, and critical reception of French ImpressionismDiscusses Impressionism's account of modern identity in the contexts of race, nationality, gender, and sexualityExplores the global reach and influence of Impressionism in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, North Africa, and the AmericasConsiders Impressionism's relationship to the emergence of film and photography in the 19th centuryConsiders Impressionism's representation of the private sphere as compared to its depictions of public issues such as empire, finance, and environmental changeAddresses the Impressionist market and clientele, period criticism, and exhibition displays from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th centuryFeatures original essays by academics, curators, and conservators from around the world, including those from France, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Turkey, and ArgentinaThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Impressionism is an invaluable text for students and academics studying Impressionism and late 19th century European art, Post-Impressionism, modern art, and modern French cultural history.