Main entry:

Rubin, James Henry.

Title & Author:

Impressionism and the modern landscape : productivity, technology, and urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh / James H. Rubin.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.

Description:

x, 239 pages, 24 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Series:

A director's circle book

Notes:
"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Preliminary page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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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ISBN:

9780520248014 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520248015 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Impressionism (Art)
Industrialization in art.
Cities and towns in art.
Impressionnisme (Art)
Industrialisation dans l'art.
Villes dans l'art.
Impressionismus
Großstadt
Industrialisierung
Industrie
Kunst
Landschaftsmalerei
Malerei
Fotografie
Stadtleben
Vedutenmalerei
Verkehr
Frankreich

Added entries:

A director's circle book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278229
Call No.: BIB 213745
Status: Available