Sisley

Author : Nathalia Brodskaya
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781606353

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Sisley by Nathalia Brodskaya Pdf

A painter of the Impressionist movement, Alfred Sisley was born on October 30th 1839 in Paris but was of British origin. He died on January 29th 1899 in Moret-sur-Loing. Growing up in a musical family, he chose to pursue painting rather than the field of business. In 1862 he enrolled in Gleyre’s studio where he encountered Renoir, Monet, and Bazille. The four friends left their master’s studio in March 1863 to work outdoors, setting their easels to paint the forest scenes of Fontainebleau. Sisley tirelessly chose the sky and water as subjects for his paintings, animated as they were by the changing reflections of light, for his landscapes of the regions surrounding Paris, Louveciennes, and Marly-le-Roi. This was in keeping with the painting styles of Constable, Bonington, and Turnet. Even if he had been influenced by Monet’s work at some point, Sisley drew away from his friend’s style due to his own desire for his work to follow the structure of forms. Sensitive to the changing seasons, he liked to portray spring with its blooming orchards, but it was the wintry and snowy countryside which Sisley was particularly attracted to. His reserved temperament preferred mystery and silence to the splendour of Renoir’s sunny landscapes.

Author : Alfred Sisley
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781801700283

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Delphi Collected Works of Alfred Sisley (Illustrated) by Alfred Sisley Pdf

The English artist Alfred Sisley was a founding member of Impressionism — one of the most important movements of the modern age. His landscapes are celebrated for their subtlety and quiet variety, offering some of the finest canvases of all nineteenth-century art. His frank and sincere character is present in all of his paintings, noted for their perfection of tone, polished composition and variety of handling. Although he has been overshadowed by his more famous colleagues, he produced landscapes that strongly invoke a powerful sense of atmosphere, with impressive skies and an important understanding of the compositional features for balanced expression. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Sisley’s collected paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions and hundreds of high quality images. (Version 1) * The collected paintings of Alfred Sisley – over 400 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of many rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Sisley’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the artworks you wish to view Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights Village Street in Marlotte (1866) View of Montmartre from the cité des Fleurs (1869) Footbridge at Argenteuil (1872) Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes (1873) Foggy Morning, Voisins (1874) The Lesson (1874) Under the Bridge at Hampton Court (1874) Snow at Louveciennes (1875) View of Marly-le-Roi, Sunshine (1876) Flood at Port Marly (1876) Station at Sèvres (c. 1879) Small Meadows in Spring, at By (c. 1881) The Canal at Saint-Mammès (1885) The Church at Moret in Morning Sun (1893) Langland Bay, Storr’s Rock — Morning (1897) The Paintings The Collected Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

Author : Alfred Sisley,Richard Shone
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015031709994

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Sisley by Alfred Sisley,Richard Shone Pdf

Alfred Sisley is now recognized as one of the great landscape painters of the 19th century, and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. He divided his time between France and England and the illustrations in this volume include the snow scenes of the Paris suburbs, his views of the flooded Seine at Port-Marly, and his paintings of the regattas on the Thames, which have been described as embodying the perfect moment of Impressionism.

Author : Iain Gale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Impressionist artists
ISBN : UVA:X002327677

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Sisley by Iain Gale Pdf

Author : Alfred Sisley,Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Impressionism (Art)
ISBN : PSU:000002138213

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Sisley, Loan Exhibition by Alfred Sisley,Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : Gary Tinterow,Henri Loyrette
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Impressionism (Art)
ISBN : 9780870997174

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Origins of Impressionism by Gary Tinterow,Henri Loyrette Pdf

"This handsome publication, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a lively and engaging account of the artistic scene in Paris in the 1860s, the years that witnessed the beginnings of Impressionism. For the first time the interactions and relationships among the group of painters who became known as the Impressionists are examined without the overworn art historical polarities commonly evoked: academic versus avant-garde, classicist versus romantic, realist versus impressionist. A host of strong personalities contributed to this history, and their style evolved into a new way of looking at the world. These artists wanted above all to give an impression of truth and to have an impact on or even to shock the public. And they wanted to measure up to or surpass their elders. This complex and rich environment is presented here - the grand old men and the young turks encounter each other, the Salon pontificates, and the new generation moves fitfully ahead, benignly but always with determination." "Origins of Impressionism gives a day-by-day, year-by-year study of the genesis of an epoch-making style." "Bibliographies and provenances are provided for each of the almost two hundred works in the exhibition, and there is an illustrated chronology. With more than two hundred superb colorplates, this informative survey is an essential work for both the general reader and the scholar."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Christopher Riopelle,Ann Sumner
Publisher : National Gallery London
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015077140922

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Sisley in England and Wales by Christopher Riopelle,Ann Sumner Pdf

In 1874, after his participation in the first Impressionist Exhibition in Paris, Alfred Sisley enjoyed a summer break in London, where he painted studies of life & leisure along the River Thames. When he returned to Britain in 1897, he toured along the South Wales coastline & painted some of the most free & bold works he ever produced.

Author : Alfred Sisley,Nottingham University Art Gallery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Impressionism (Art)
ISBN : UVA:X001118591

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Alfred Sisley (1839-99) Impressionist Landscapes by Alfred Sisley,Nottingham University Art Gallery Pdf

Author : Nathalia Brodskaya
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783103881

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Impressionism by Nathalia Brodskaya Pdf

“I paint what I see and not what it pleases others to see.” What other words than these of Édouard Manet, seemingly so different from the sentiments of Monet or Renoir, could best define the Impressionist movement? Without a doubt, this singularity was explained when, shortly before his death, Claude Monet wrote: “I remain sorry to have been the cause of the name given to a group the majority of which did not have anything Impressionist.” In this work, Nathalia Brodskaïa examines the contradictions of this late 19th-century movement through the paradox of a group who, while forming a coherent ensemble, favoured the affirmation of artistic individuals. Between academic art and the birth of modern, non-figurative painting, the road to recognition was long. Analysing the founding elements of the movement, the author follows, through the works of each of the artists, how the demand for individuality gave rise to modern painting.

Author : Norman Norwood Holland
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0791425991

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Death in a Delphi Seminar by Norman Norwood Holland Pdf

In this detective novel set in a small, intense seminar, eight students study what their professor regards as the central mystery of human nature: the uniqueness of the individual. One morning a woman student who has been fighting this idea and disrupting the seminar keels over, poisoned. The detective who takes charge is himself a writer who finds this tight little world of academic criticism and theory fascinating, baffling, yet somehow sympathetic. Together he and the professor explore the minds and writings of the people in the seminar in order to track the murderer, then another body is found, pointing them in a different direction.

Author : Richard Shone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015040352414

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Sisley by Richard Shone Pdf

Alfred Sisley (1839-99) was one of the greatest landscape painters of the nineteenth century and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. His celebrated snow scenes of the Paris suburbs, his views of the flooded Seine at Pont-Marly and the colourful regattas on the Thames achieve a superb tonal balance and poetry of mood, while also giving a lively depiction of their subjects. Richard Shone brings a fresh eye and an intimate knowledge of the Ile de France to this, the most detailed and authoritative survey yet to appear of Sisley's life and works. With a wealth of illustrations and an absorbing text, and now reiussued as an attractively priced paperback, this book reveals Sisley as an artist of seductive power and originality.

Author : Mary Anne Stevens
Publisher : Editions Hazan, Paris
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Impressionism (Art)
ISBN : 0300215576

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Alfred Sisley by Mary Anne Stevens Pdf

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) : Impressionist Master', organized by the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut (January 21, 2017 to May 21, 2017) and [Hotel de Caumont Centre d'Art] Culturespaces (June 10, 2017 to October 8, 2017)" -- Watson Library.

Author : Robert Katz,Dars Celestine
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 1586637525

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The Impressionists Handbook by Robert Katz,Dars Celestine Pdf

The two authors, who are both knowledgable writers with extensive background in the study of art and art history, write engagingly about the history of impressionism and the life and works of Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, and Sisley. At 7x8.5", the book is compact, but the format is large enough to accommodate decent reproductions of many of the paintings under consideration. This is a thoughtfully prepared, well written treatment of the subject, with none of the ponderousness that "handbook" might imply. It was originally published in 1991 by Bookmart Ltd., UK. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Kathryn Calley Galitz
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Painting
ISBN : 9781588392404

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Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Kathryn Calley Galitz Pdf

Author : Nathalia Brodskaïa
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783105045

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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism by Nathalia Brodskaïa Pdf

Impressionism is the most famous artistic movement. But what appears today as a charming and exquisite landscape painting, was actually one of the first avant-garde movements whose members had decided to fight the values of traditional art. The impressionist outdoor paintings shocked the public by the technique used, but also by their apparent banality. As Monet, Sisley, Pissarro and many others sought to capture the ephemeral nature of light, the next generation would reject naturalism. Indeed, post-impressionists such as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Seurat favored the subjective rather than the objective and the eternal rather than the concrete. In doing so, they laid the formal foundations of 20th-century modern art. This book is a visual guide through the crucial moments in the history of art and the progression of the 19th-century to modernity.