Monet by John House - ISBN: 9780714827230
Paperback
See the world anew through Monet’s eyes: color, light, and nature.

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  • Paperback

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 1998

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Summary

Impressionism took its name from the title of a painting that Claude Monet (1840-1926) exhibited in 1874. More than any other artist, Monet was the creator of the Impressionist vision, which has so forcefully shaped the way in which he habitually see nature today. For sixty years he continuously explored ways of translating his experiences into paint, in pictures that take us from the bustling life of Paris in the 1860s to the seclusion of his own water-garden, which he painted in his last ye…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780714827230
ISBN-10:0714827231
Author:John House, Michael Johnson, Dr John Lowden
Publisher:Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:Phaidon Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Edition:3rd
Release Date:12 August 1998
Weight:522g
Dimensions:305mm x 225mm x 8mm
Series:Colour Library
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About The Author

John House

John House is Professor of the History of Art and Deputy Director of the Courtauld Institute, London.

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