Impressionism

By James Henry Rubin

Subjects: Impressionism (Art), Impressionism (art), French Painting

Description: An excellent introduction to the social, cultural and political milieu of the mid-19th Century which spawned arguably the most written about movement in the history of modern Art. The effort of Baron Haussman under the patronage of Napoleon III to redesign and relay a modern Paris underlines the attachment of most impressionists to the visions of a new and proud Paris. A fresh perspective of a beaten track.