The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art.Variously called savage, wild, romantic, and beautiful by visitors, Fontainebleau s topography was viewed inmany ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Theodore ...
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The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art.Variously called savage, wild, romantic, and beautiful by visitors, Fontainebleau s topography was viewed inmany ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Francois Millet, and Claude Monet. It integrates into this history the photographers who worked at Fontainebleau, including Eugene Cuvelier and Gustave Le Gray, and explores the role the forest played in the development of early photography. It also considers the reception of paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salons and the influence of Fontainebleau on the advent of Impressionism. "
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VG/VG exlibrary wwith label at base of dustjacket spine and smaller label on upper right corner of rear dustjacket panel; ownersahsip stamps on top of text block and endpapers. Appears unused. Grey cloth boards with gray lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, ix, 207 pp., profusely illustrated with 179 color and countless bw plates. "The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art. Variously called "savage, " "wild, " "romantic, " and "beautiful" by visitors, Fontainebleau's topography was viewed in many ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The; odore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, and Claude Monet. It integrates into this history the photographers who worked at Fontainebleau, including Eugène Cuvelier and Gustave Le Gray, and explores the role the forest played in the development of early photography. It also considers the reception of paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salons and the influence of Fontainebleau on the advent of Impressionism."-website Issued in connection with an exhibition held Mar. 2-June 8, 2008, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and July 13-Oct. 19, 2008, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.
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