Monet At Argenteuil
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the early 1870s, Claude Monet settled in the riverside town of Argenteuil, just outside Paris, and produced some of the most luminous and celebrated paintings in the history of Western art — and Monet at Argenteuil by Paul Hayes Tucker is the definitive scholarly account of that transformative period. Tucker meticulously chronicles the six years Monet spent in this vibrant suburban community, presenting a richly detailed examination of how the surrounding landscape, the shimmering Seine, and the rhythms of modern bourgeois life shaped the Impressionist master's evolving vision and technique. Drawing on extensive archival research and close visual analysis, Tucker argues that Argenteuil was not merely a backdrop but an active force in Monet's artistic development, pushing him toward the bold brushwork and radical colour harmonies that would define Impressionism itself. The book situates Monet within the broader social and economic currents of post-Franco-Prussian War France, revealing the complex interplay between industrialisation, leisure culture, and aesthetic innovation. A landmark work of art-historical scholarship, it leaves the reader wondering — had Monet never found Argenteuil, would Impressionism as we know it even exist?
Author: Paul Hayes Tucker
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the early 1870s, Claude Monet settled in the riverside town of Argenteuil, just outside Paris, and produced some of the most luminous and celebrated paintings in the history of Western art — and Monet at Argenteuil by Paul Hayes Tucker is the definitive scholarly account of that transformative period. Tucker meticulously chronicles the six years Monet spent in this vibrant suburban community, presenting a richly detailed examination of how the surrounding landscape, the shimmering Seine, and the rhythms of modern bourgeois life shaped the Impressionist master's evolving vision and technique. Drawing on extensive archival research and close visual analysis, Tucker argues that Argenteuil was not merely a backdrop but an active force in Monet's artistic development, pushing him toward the bold brushwork and radical colour harmonies that would define Impressionism itself. The book situates Monet within the broader social and economic currents of post-Franco-Prussian War France, revealing the complex interplay between industrialisation, leisure culture, and aesthetic innovation. A landmark work of art-historical scholarship, it leaves the reader wondering — had Monet never found Argenteuil, would Impressionism as we know it even exist?