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Author:

Ives, Colta Feller, author.

Title:

Public parks, private gardens : Paris to Provence / Colta Ives ; edited by Cynthia Clark and Emily Walter.

Publisher:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 204 pages : illustrations (color and black & white), portraits (color and black & white), plans (color and black & white), facsimiles (color and black & white) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Parks in art--Exhibitions.
Gardens in art--Exhibitions.
Landscape painting, French--Paris--Paris--19th century--Exhibitions.
Landscape painting, French--Provence--Provence--19th century--Exhibitions.
Impressionism (Art)--France--Exhibitions.
Post-impressionism (Art)--France--Exhibitions.
Gardens in art.
Impressionism (Art)
Landscape painting, French.
Parks in art.
Post-impressionism (Art)
France.
France--Paris.
France--Provence.
1800-1899
Exhibition catalogs.

Other Authors:

Clark, Cynthia, editor.
Walter, Emily, editor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution. host institution.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with "Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 6 through July 29, 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.

Summary:

The transformation of Paris during the 19th century into a city of tree-lined boulevards and public parks both redesigned the capital and inspired the era's great Impressionist artists. This exhibition includes masterworks by artists such as Bonnard, Cassatt, Cezanne, Corot, Daumier, Van Gogh, Manet, Matisse, Monet and Seurat, who painted parks and gardens as part of contemporary life. The author provides new insights into these works and that specificaly creative period in France's history.

ISBN:

1588395847
9781588395849

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002129695

LCCN:

2017055373

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)