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Monument, Moment, and Memory
Ronald R. Bernier
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Description for Monument, Moment, and Memory
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 635.
By the end of the nineteenth century, a mode of painting that captured 'instantaneity' had come to be seen as an appropriate and characteristically Impressionist means of depicting its subject, when that subject was understood to be our variable perception in nature. In May of 1895, however, Monet turned capriciously it seemed to some, to the immutable façade of a Gothic cathedral. Struck by the curious choice of a medieval monument as subject matter, critics, used to talking about 'instantaneity,' continued to lay emphasis on the theme of temporality, and this was addressed in two distinct but related ways. First, ... Read more
By the end of the nineteenth century, a mode of painting that captured 'instantaneity' had come to be seen as an appropriate and characteristically Impressionist means of depicting its subject, when that subject was understood to be our variable perception in nature. In May of 1895, however, Monet turned capriciously it seemed to some, to the immutable façade of a Gothic cathedral. Struck by the curious choice of a medieval monument as subject matter, critics, used to talking about 'instantaneity,' continued to lay emphasis on the theme of temporality, and this was addressed in two distinct but related ways. First, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482751
SKU
V9781611482751
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About Ronald R. Bernier
Ronald R. Bernier is director of the Sordoni Art Gallery and faculty in art history at Wilkes University.
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