In Monet, James H. Rubin, one of the world’s foremost specialists in nineteenth-century French art, traces Monet’s development, from his early work as a caricaturist to the late paintings of water lilies and his garden at Giverny.

He leaves behind the most well-known masterpieces that still fascinate art lovers all over the world. Nathalia Brodskaïa is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

... 5, 20, 147 —— and Claude, 146 —— and Giotto, 110 —— and Mantegna, 132 —— as a draughtsman, 165, 166 Rembrandt's characteristics, 165 Renaissance, 76 Renoir and Cézanne, 177, 178, 190 —— and Titian, 178 Renoir compared ...

Bonnes Femmes, Les (Claude Chabrol, 1960) 95, 195 Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) 142 Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968) 116, 237–8 Boucher, Le (Claude Chabrol, 1970) 12, 105–6 Boudu sauvé des eaux (Jean Renoir, 1932), 190–1, ...

NAVEL OF THE SEA is a novel containing a collection of vignettes that take place in different countries during select time periods of history, embedded within an ongoing narrative about two writers, Claude and Marianne, who have just ...

What is Impressionism, and how does Monet's work reflect its purest principles? Readers discover the answers to these and other questions about Monet's life and work as they examine the stories behind some of his most beloved paintings.

In doing so, they laid the formal foundations of 20th-century modern art. This book is a visual guide through the crucial moments in the history of art and the progression of the 19th-century to modernity.

Impressionist paintings usually are not perfect depictions of people and places. This is because the goal of an Impressionist is to show real life how the artist saw it.