Impressionism and the modern landscape : productivity, technology, and urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh / James H. Rubin.
2008
N6465.I4 R83 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Impressionism and the modern landscape : productivity, technology, and urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh / James H. Rubin.
Author
Rubin, James Henry.
ISBN
9780520248014 (alk. paper)
0520248015 (alk. paper)
0520248015 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
x, 239 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Call Number
N6465.I4 R83 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
709.03/44
Summary
"This book offers a major reevaluation of one of art history's most popular and important art movements. In Impressionism and the Modern Landscape, James Rubin shifts the focus from familiar scenes of pleasure--the beautiful countryside, people at leisure--to a landscape changing as the result of productivity, technology, and urbanization. He demonstrates not only that the industrial and demographic revolutions of the nineteenth century had a profound impact on art, but also that impressionism was the first art historical movement to embrace such changes. Looking principally at Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Armand Guillaumin, and Gustave Caillebotte, Rubin has selected works in four categories: industrial waterways, trains, factories, and photographic viewpoints in the modern city. The examples convey not only these major themes but also the painters' belief in the progress of civilization through science and industry. The book thus expands the scope of impressionist celebrations of modernity to include "impressionism's other landscape."" http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007039513-d.html.
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"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Renovation and modern viewpoints: roads, bridges, and city spaces
Art and technology: impressionism and photography
Industrial waterways: ports, rivers, and canals
Railways and stations: trains and tracks
Factories and work sites: city and country
Revival and renewal in the next generation
Political frames and aspirations: realism to Utopia
Performing representation: modernism and modernity.
Art and technology: impressionism and photography
Industrial waterways: ports, rivers, and canals
Railways and stations: trains and tracks
Factories and work sites: city and country
Revival and renewal in the next generation
Political frames and aspirations: realism to Utopia
Performing representation: modernism and modernity.