did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780300138979

In the Forest of Fontainebleau : Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780300138979

  • ISBN10:

    0300138970

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2008-02-28
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

List Price: $75.00 Save up to $25.12
  • Rent Book $49.88
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    SPECIAL ORDER: 1-2 WEEKS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art. Variously called "savage," "wild," "romantic," and "beautiful" by visitors, Fontainebleau's topography was viewed in many ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Francois Millet, and Claude Monet. It integrates into this history the photographers who worked at Fontainebleau, including Eugene Cuvelier and Gustave Le Gray, and explores the role the forest played in the development of early photography. It also considers the reception of paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salons and the influence of Fontainebleau on the advent of Impressionism.

Author Biography

Helga Aurisch is associate curator of European art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Table of Contents

Lenders to the Exhibition
Map of Fontainebleaup. 1
Landscapes, Legends, Souvenirs, Fantasies: The Forest of Fontainebleau in the Nineteenth Centuryp. 12
Plates
Discoveryp. 30
Topographyp. 42
Treesp. 65
Rocksp. 81
Village Lifep. 98
Nature and Observationp. 124
The Mystery of the Forest: Paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salonp. 140
An Infinite Museum: Photography in the Forest of Fontainebleaup. 152
The Impressionists at Fontainebleaup. 168
Chronologyp. 184
Notesp. 189
Bibliographyp. 197
Indexp. 204
Photography Creditsp. 209
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program