The Lens of Impressionism

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2010. Folio in black color illus DJ, 208 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), 32 cm. Extremely mild bumping to corners, faint soiling to fore-edges, binding is tight, bright pages, extremely gentle wear to DJ spine head and foot, small crease mark to front DJ, light soiling to DJ, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781555953256

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. "The Normany coast ... has long captured the interest of artists. Its seascapes are featured in the work of Impressionist masters Monet, Manet and Boudin. Its seafaring life is well-documented in the work of writers such as Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant. Through a stunning selection of paintings, photographs and drawings, [this work] argues that a unique convergence of forces - social, artistic, technological and commercial - along the Normandy coast impacted the development of early Impressionism and made Normandy a nexus for photographers and the avant-garde painters of the late nineteenth century ... The framing dates are 1850, when artists began photographing in Normandy ... and 1874, the year in which Claude Monet's painting Impression:Sunrise was exhibited ... The Lens of Impressionism explores the dialogue between the two media and the backdrop against which both evolved"--Publisher's description. Contents: The aesthetic of the instant: painting and photography in Normandy / Carole McNamara -- Section I: The romantic view. Representing Normandy: painting, printmaking, and photography / Stephen Bann -- Section II: The new tourism. The crossing of art and tourism in Normandy / Dean MacCannell -- Section III: The influence of photography. Photographing the Normandy coast: a technical and artistic challenge / Sylvie Aubenas -- Section IV: Site as subject and motif. Aspects of modern life in Normandy during the Second Empire: pictorial and photographic representations / Dominique de Font-Réaulx -- Capturing the moment -- Checklist of works in the exhibition. Impressionism (Art) -- France -- Normandy -- Exhibitions.