The French Impressionists (1860-1900)
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Chapters (29)
- THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS
- (1860-1900)
- CAMILLE MAUCLAIR
- Translated from the French text of Camille Mauclair, by P. G. Konody.
- To
- AUGUSTE BRÉAL
- CONTENTS
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- NOTE TO LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I
- THE PRECURSORS OF IMPRESSIONISM—THE BEGINNING OF THIS MOVEMENT AND THE ORIGIN OF ITS NAME
- II
- THE THEORY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS—THE DIVISION OF TONES, COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS, THE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE—THE IDEAS OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS ON SUBJECT-PICTURES, ON THE BEAUTY OF CHARACTER, ON MODERNITY, AND ON STYLE
- III
- EDOUARD MANET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
- IV
- EDGAR DEGAS: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
- V
- CLAUDE MONET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
- VI
- AUGUSTE RENOIR AND HIS WORK
- VII
- THE SECONDARY PAINTERS OF IMPRESSIONISM—CAMILLE PISSARRO, ALFRED SISLEY, PAUL CÉZANNE, BERTHE MORISOT, MISS MARY CASSATT, EVA GONZALÈS, GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE, BAZILLE, ALBERT LEBOURG, EUGÈNE BOUDIN
- VIII
- THE MODERN ILLUSTRATORS CONNECTED WITH IMPRESSIONISM: RAFFAËLLI, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, FORAIN, CHÉRET, ETC.
- IX
- NEO-IMPRESSIONISM—GAUGUIN, DENIS, THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHE—THE THEORY OF POINTILLISM—SEURAT, SIGNAC AND THE THEORIES OF SCIENTIFIC CHROMATISM—FAULTS AND QUALITIES OF THE IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT, WHAT WE OWE TO IT, ITS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL—SOME WORDS ON ITS INFLUENCE ABROAD
- FOOTNOTES
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