Revelation of modernism : responses to cultural crises in fin-de-siècle painting
"Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political st...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia ; London
: University of Missouri Press
, 2008
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| Online Access: | Rezension Inhaltsverzeichnis Rezension Table of contents |
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[Rezension von: Boime, Albert, Art in an age of civil struggle, 1848-1871 - Boime, Albert, Revelation of modernism, responses to cultural crises in Fin-de-Siècle painting] Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Albert Boime: Revelation of modernism] |
| Author Notes: | Albert Boime |
| Summary: | "Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political strategies to produce revelations that have eluded most art historians"--Provided by publisher "Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political strategies to produce revelations that have eluded most art historians"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXIV, 250 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780826217806 082621780X |
