Inspiring Impressionism explores links between Impressionists and the major European art-historical movements that came before them, demonstrating how often beneath the Impressionists’ commitment to capturing contemporary life there lay a deep exploration of the art of the past. Presenting Impressionist works by artists including Manet, Monet, Degas, Bazille, Cassatt, and Cézanne alongside those of Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Velázquez, and others, the book shows that while the Impressionists moved toward modernity and spontaneity, they remained conscious of and interested in the traditions, techniques, and subject matter of their predecessors.
Essays by leading scholars reveal the ways Impressionists drew inspiration from earlier artists from periods ranging from the Italian Renaissance through the early 19th-century Classical and Romantic traditions. A detailed chronology and fascinating comparisons of landscapes, portraits, nudes, still lifes, and genre paintings provide readers with new opportunities to understand the work of both the Impressionists and Old Masters.
Distributed for the Denver Art Museum
Exhibition Schedule:High Museum of Art, Atlanta (October 13, 2007 – January 13, 2008)
Denver Art Museum (February 23 – May 25, 2008)
Seattle Art Museum (June 19 – September 21, 2008)
- ISBN10 0300131321
- ISBN13 9780300131321
- Publish Date 5 December 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 September 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300131321