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The Work of Art: Plein Air Painting and Artistic Identity in Nineteenth-Century France
Anthea Callen
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Description for The Work of Art: Plein Air Painting and Artistic Identity in Nineteenth-Century France
Hardback. In this beautifully illustrated, highly readable volume, Callen offers fresh insights into the development of avant-garde French painting and the concept of the modern artist, delving deeper into the topic than any before. Num Pages: 256 pages, 120 colour, 60 black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 201 x 260 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1264.
In The Work of Art, Anthea Callen explores the paintings, self-portraits, portraits of fellow artists, photographs, prints and studio images of nineteenth-century French landscape painters including the Impressionists. At the same time she considers the emergence of modern artistic identity in the context of creative work. Artists and their paintings under the microscope here include Courbet, Cezanne and Pissarro, as well as their precursors and followers. The book examines their modes of self-representation and painting methods to explore the formation of avant-garde art and modern artistic identity, while paying particular attention to the painters' touches and mark making. She argues ... Read more
In The Work of Art, Anthea Callen explores the paintings, self-portraits, portraits of fellow artists, photographs, prints and studio images of nineteenth-century French landscape painters including the Impressionists. At the same time she considers the emergence of modern artistic identity in the context of creative work. Artists and their paintings under the microscope here include Courbet, Cezanne and Pissarro, as well as their precursors and followers. The book examines their modes of self-representation and painting methods to explore the formation of avant-garde art and modern artistic identity, while paying particular attention to the painters' touches and mark making. She argues ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780233550
SKU
V9781780233550
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99-15
About Anthea Callen
Anthea Callen is Professor of Art (Practice-led Research) at the Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, and Professor Emeritus of Visual Culture at the University of Nottingham. She is an internationally renowned specialist on the history of artists' materials and techniques whose publications include The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and the Making of Modernity (2000) and Art, Sex ... Read more
Reviews for The Work of Art: Plein Air Painting and Artistic Identity in Nineteenth-Century France
"Callen, probably more than anyone else working on nineteenth-century painting today, is able to combine an artist's experience of studio practice with an art historian's rigorous use of documentation. Her work is immensely valuable for its combination of sensitive visual observation and scrupulous attention to details of historical fact... This book is a major accomplishment."
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