Monet. The Essentials Box Set.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 23282 |
| Format | 18.5 x 26 |
| Détails | 192 p., leporello in publisher's slipcase. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111645 |
This box set brings together the essential works of an extraordinary artist, Claude Monet (1840-1926), considered by art history to be the father of Impressionism. It presents, through a chronological selection of fifty paintings, his long and brilliant career. Although he did not neglect urban and modern subjects, the representation of nature undeniably constitutes the heart of his work. It was the object of his incessant research, without the artist ever losing sight of what was essential to him: the truth of his sensations. From the faithful transcription of the landscape, at its beginnings, to the gestural writing of the final Water Lilies, the book allows us to follow and understand the evolution of his creativity. Monet's themes (the seaside, the Seine, gardens, the seasons, etc.) will be addressed, as well as the techniques used, such as the decomposition of light and color through the touch, the use of repetition and series to better reflect atmospheric variations, or the progressive dissolution of forms which led to Monet being considered a precursor of abstraction.
This box set brings together the essential works of an extraordinary artist, Claude Monet (1840-1926), considered by art history to be the father of Impressionism. It presents, through a chronological selection of fifty paintings, his long and brilliant career. Although he did not neglect urban and modern subjects, the representation of nature undeniably constitutes the heart of his work. It was the object of his incessant research, without the artist ever losing sight of what was essential to him: the truth of his sensations. From the faithful transcription of the landscape, at its beginnings, to the gestural writing of the final Water Lilies, the book allows us to follow and understand the evolution of his creativity. Monet's themes (the seaside, the Seine, gardens, the seasons, etc.) will be addressed, as well as the techniques used, such as the decomposition of light and color through the touch, the use of repetition and series to better reflect atmospheric variations, or the progressive dissolution of forms which led to Monet being considered a precursor of abstraction.