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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Main Author: Boime, Albert (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia ; London : University of Missouri Press , 2008
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Related Items:Rezensiert in: [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]
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Author Notes:Albert Boime
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XXIV, 250 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780826217806
082621780X