Revelation of modernism : responses to cultural crises in fin-de-siècle painting /

Revelation of modernism : responses to cultural crises in fin-de-siècle painting /

"Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boime, Albert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Painting, European > 19th century.
Art and society > Europe > History > 19th century.
Social problems in art.
Description
Summary:"Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political strategies to produce revelations that have eluded most art historians"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xxiv, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
ISBN:9780826217806 (alk. paper)
082621780X (alk. paper)