Overview
Perhaps the most "typical" and best-known Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (1840–1926) dedicated his long life to a pictorial exploration of the sensations that reality––in particular, landscapes––offers to the human eye. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.Synopsis
Perhaps the most "typical" and best-known Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (1840 1926) dedicated his long life to a pictorial exploration of the sensations that reality in particular, landscapes offers to the human eye. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.
Booknews
A water lilies cover, 91 color plates, several b&w photographs, and a chronology embellish this lucid introduction to the man and his art. As C<'e>zanne's back cover quote says of Monet: "He was only an eye<-->but what an eye!" Chapter titles include: making the Salon, the world as a month of Sundays, working in a series, different countries and different lights, and the garden at Giverny. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.