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Title: Nineteenth Century French Art : From Romanticism to Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau
Description: Paris, France, Flammarion, 2007. English Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated dj with white text, black cloth-bound boards with black text. (8) 9-463 pp. Features many color and bw illustrations. During the nineteenth century, France experienced an unprecedented growth in the visual arts, and Paris was its center. French art became a universally accepted benchmark, spreading its many ground-breaking developments -- the radicalism of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, the daring of Art Nouveau, and the innovations of Haussman's new urban landscape -- far beyond its borders, and in return receiving numerous influences from broad. During this extraordinary rich and productive period, French art also benefited from the synthesis of the past with the innovations of the present, resulting in an artistic output whose legacy is still being felt today. This chronological history, richly illustrated and recounted by experts from France's preeminent museums, charts the growth of this fruitful -- and revolutionary -- period in the history of world art. -- From publisher's description. VG .

Keywords: European Art ; 19th Century French Art ; ; General Art - European

Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 205806

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