The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 118
... Monet was to arrive at the same place by a different route . If Monet had died in the same year as Seurat , 1891 , he would still be honoured as the essential Impressionist ; but his importance to modern art would not be crucial . None ...
... Monet was to arrive at the same place by a different route . If Monet had died in the same year as Seurat , 1891 , he would still be honoured as the essential Impressionist ; but his importance to modern art would not be crucial . None ...
Page 121
... Monet's decision to treat Rouen like a poplar , a haystack , or a patch of lawn , thereby implying that consciousness is more important than any religion . The Cathedrals came out runny and pasty with colour , like gritty , melting ice ...
... Monet's decision to treat Rouen like a poplar , a haystack , or a patch of lawn , thereby implying that consciousness is more important than any religion . The Cathedrals came out runny and pasty with colour , like gritty , melting ice ...
Page 124
... Monet's lily - pond ( plate 78 ) . For the pond was as artificial as painting itself . It was flat , as a painting is . What showed on its surface , the clouds and lilypads and cat's - paws of wind , the dark patches of reflected ...
... Monet's lily - pond ( plate 78 ) . For the pond was as artificial as painting itself . It was flat , as a painting is . What showed on its surface , the clouds and lilypads and cat's - paws of wind , the dark patches of reflected ...
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