The Impressionists (Art in Detail)
by:
Diana Newall (author)
Art in Detail: The Impressionists takes a unique approach to illuminating, in close-up detail, the styles and techniques of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement. Using a series of die-cut windows, this book allows the reader to browse twenty of the most significant...
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Art in Detail: The Impressionists takes a unique approach to illuminating, in close-up detail, the styles and techniques of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement. Using a series of die-cut windows, this book allows the reader to browse twenty of the most significant masterpieces—including Degas’s The Dancing Class and Renoir’s The Luncheon of the Boating Party—from a variety of angles and viewpoints.Each image is first looked at in full with a detailed description and a summary of its place in the genre’s timelineCarefully positioned and reversible die-cut windows allow each image to be viewed as a spotlit and magnified detail with text summarizing the characteristic technique, tone, and colors of the artist’s workAn innovative and irresistible art giftbook that reveals and revitalizes twenty significant paintings of the Impressionists
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ISBN:
9781435103757 (1435103750)
Publish date: August 25th 2008
Publisher: Metro Books
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English