After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
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The decades that followed, up to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, were a complex, vibrant period of artistic questioning, searching, risk-taking and innovation. Concentrating on this period of great upheaval, this book will explore the constructive dialogue between painting and sculpture, and the influential roles played by three giants of the era, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, across European art as a whole. While acknowledging the centrality of Paris as a cultural capital, it will also uniquely highlight other centres of artistic ferment in Europe, from Brussels and Barcelona to Berlin and Vienna, and track the variety of routes into modernism in the early twentieth century.
This fully illustrated catalogue will contain four essays, introductions to each city of ferment and biographies of the artists.
Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London 25 March–13 August 2023
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Additional information
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1st edition (25 April 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1857096959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1857096958 |
| Dimensions | 24.77 x 2.77 x 28.78 cm |
by Jonty
The catalog of the National Gallery exhibition provides a good general overview of painting from the last impressionist exhibition (1886) to 1914 )WW1. The parts relating to cities other than Paris become increasingly slim and a little forced. Overall well worth reading.
by M. L
I saw this exhibtion at the national gallery, it was completely mesmerising. The book is great and covers everything in the show. One thing you do realise however is that the digital printing can’t get across the true colours and light of the paintings. When you stand in front of the impressionist works they have another layer of subtle colour shift and textures catching the light that you just cannot reproduce in a book. That said great book and reference.