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Book SynopsisJames H. Rubin is professor in the department of art at Stony Brook University, New York, where he teaches art history, theory and criticism, specializing in 19th-century France. He taught previously at Harvard, Boston University, Princeton and the Cooper Union. His books include studies of Manet, Delacroix, Courbet and Impressionism; most recently he is the author of How to Read Impressionism: Ways of Looking.
Trade Review'A refreshing reconsideration of Monet' - Hyperallergic.com
Table of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Defying Traditions: From Caricaturist to Career • 2. Defining Impressionism: Aspects of Modernity • 3. Interludes and Crises: Personal, Public and Pictorial • 4. The Picturesque as Turning Point: Travels, Sites and Series • 5. Poetry in the Garden: The Decorative, the ‘Water Lilies’ and Art Nouveau • 6. Vision and Subjectivity: Seeing with the Body • 7. Political Contexts: Nationalism and Utopia • 8. A Lasting Legacy: The Patriarch of Modern Art
