books about: impressionism

books about: impressionism

books:

Impressionism

The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism

Ross King

Walker & Company, 2006

one of the best books on 19th century French painting I have read
King uses the lives of two painters and a wonderfully detailed historical context to present the roots and further development of Impressionism. I hate to use the term for such a densely written book, but it is an easy read. In addition, it is a useful reference ...

Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

Mike Venezia

Childrens Press Chicago, 1990

The art lesson for the child in everyone.
Mike Venezia knows how to introduce an artist. Along with background information and an excellent selection of the artists most well-known works, Venezia treats the reader to his humorous and sometimes offbeat cartoons. These books, however, are no joke. They ...

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Viking, 2007

Best Book Ever!
This was one of the best books I've ever read. With all that France has had to endure, the French people are celebrated here through art, food and the love of the outdoors. Ms. Vreeland did an excellent job researching her subject. If you are not an avid art lover or ...

Touch the Art: Make Van Gogh's Bed (Touch the Art)

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo

Sterling, 2006

This series iof books is awesome
Wonderful addition to the home school library. Easy way to expand the childs world. Highly recommend. A+++

Katie Meets The Impressionists (Scholastic Bookshelf)

James Mayhew

Scholastic, 2007

Katie Meets the Impressionists
James Mayhew set the bar high with this adventurous and educational story. I cannot think of a better way to encourage children to explore impressionism. Our daughter was just 3.5 when we first fell in love with Katie. We have since purchased the series of Katie books ...

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

Sjaar van Heugten, Joachim Pissarro, ...

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008

Barely Three Stars
I have to agree with the previous reviewers comments about the Van Gogh exhibit he was unfortunately unable to attend. I just came from the MOMA today, and it was indeed remarkable to have so many of the artist's works in a single show. That said, I would also ...

The Private Lives of the Impressionists

Sue Roe

HarperCollins, 2006

Lives of artists come alive
I found this to be an excellently researched book covering the lives of the artists known as Impressionists. It went chronologically, with stories of their work, their families, and what was going on in the world around them that affected their ability to make a ...

Claude Monet, 1840-1926 (Basic Art)
Christoph Heinrich

Taschen, 2000

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the most typical and the most individual Impressionist painter. His long life he dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye. But while Monet the painter was faithful and persevering in the pursuit of his motifs, his personal life followed a ...

Cezanne's Watercolors: Between Drawing and Painting

Matthew Simms

Yale University Press, 2008

More than mere studies
This book focuses on a crucial body of works by Cézanne, seldom seen and therefore seldom studied, his watercolors. Full of high-quality illustrations, it enables the reader to discover Cézanne's technique, his mastery of color and his virtuoso treatment of line, and ...

Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Klotz)

Ingo F Walther, Rainer Metzger

Taschen, 2006

A Must Have for all Van Gogh Fans out there!
First off, I must point out that I did not read the English version of this, but the French one; since it's a translation, it should basically be the same. Taschen has the nice habit of making great books for comparatively very cheap prices; and that is once again ...

Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society

Robert L. Herbert

Yale University Press, 1991

Lively Art History
I taught college level painting and art history courses for ten years. This is one of the most memorable books I used as source material. Usually a treatment of Impressionism will write of it as a movement in response to the paintings of the Academy; an inquiry into ...

Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

Carol Sabbeth

Chicago Review Press, 2002

A superb art activity book about the Impressionists for kids
The invention of photograph had a profound impact on painting. At the start of the 19th-century the goal of painting was realism, but with a camera that became a moot point. Eventually the art world decided the only rational thing to do was to go in the opposite ...

Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin

Ruth Butler

Yale University Press, 2008

Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin
This book was very informative about the way these artists lived and treated their wives. It showed the very human side to Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin and made me think that genius comes with a price. Their wives/models didn't have easy lives living with them which was ...

Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait in Art and Letters

H. Anna Suh

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

A Super Van Gogh book
I was so pleased to find this book in the library and after readint it I had to own it. I have many Van Gogh books. This one is espeically interesting since the editor minimized her words on the first page of every chapter. The words after that are Van Gogh's words ...

Georges Seurat (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

Children's Press(CT), 2003

Mike Venezia makes a few "points" about Georges Seurat and his artwork
I think that Mike Venezia has finally found a painter whose style he cannot imitate, but can still joke about. Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter and the founder of Neoimpressionism, best known for "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (thanks to ...