IMPRESSIONISTS AND POLITICS by Philip G. Nord ( 9780415206952 )

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Title:

IMPRESSIONISTS AND POLITICS
ART AND DEMOCRACY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

By:

Philip G. Nord

Format:

Hardback

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£130.00

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£117.00

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ISBN 10:

0415206952

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9780415206952

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

30 March, 2000

Series:

Historical Connections

Pages:

160

Description:

Philip Nord presents an accessible introduction to the current debates about Impressionism. He reveals why the art was controversial in its day by explaining the movement's aesthetic, institutional and political militancy.

Synopsis:

Impressionists and Politics is an accessible introduction to the current debates about Impressionism. Was the artistic movement really radical and innovative? Is the term "Impressionism" itself an adequate characterization of the movement of painters and critics that took the mid-nineteenth century Paris art world by storm? By providing an historical background and context, the book places the Impressionists' roots in wider social and economic transformations and explains its militancy, both aesthetic and political. Impressionists and Politics is a concise history of the movement, from its youthful inception in the 1860s, through to its final years of recognition and then crisis.

Illustrations:

10 b&w photographs

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Imprint:

Routledge

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