Discover how scenes of everyday life, depicted with delicate touches of color, shook the foundations of art. In this essential book on the
impressionism from the series
Basic Art From TASCHEN, we analyze the artists, themes, and techniques that took the easel out of the studio and shifted attention away from history, religion, or portraits towards
the ephemeral evolution of modern life. On our tour of the
theaters, bars and parks of Paris, Among other places, we contemplate the movement's radical innovations in style and themes, from painting in
plein-air even the quick, broken brushstrokes that allowed the Impressionists
to highlight the spontaneity, movement, and changing nature of light. We carefully studied their new and unusual perspectives and their fresh palette of pure, unmixed colors, with vivid and bright tones that brought
a completely new chromatic intensity to the canvases.
In this monograph we can find established masters of Impressionism such as
Edgar Degas , Claude Monet , Berthe Morisot and
Camille Pissarro, in addition to numerous artists associated with the movement who deserve special attention, such as
Marie Bracquemond, Medardo Rosso either
Fritz von Uhde.
