The Post-Impressionists

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Phaidon
Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher Year: 1983
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this survey and reappraisal of an era, many minor as well as major artists are discussed and illustrated. By concentrating on what the artists and contemporary critics did and said, and by looking at what the artists painted, the author raises very sharply the question of whether the term "Post-Impressionist" has any meaning. But what matters, of course, is not the labe In this survey and reappraisal of an era, many minor as well as major artists are discussed and illustrated. By concentrating on what the artists and contemporary critics did and said, and by looking at what the artists painted, the author raises very sharply the question of whether the term "Post-Impressionist" has any meaning. But what matters, of course, is not the label, but the ever-changing reality and the richness of individual achievement. This edition features 180 illustrations, including 80 in colour. ...more

ISBN: 0714822981