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From the Publisher Perhaps the most "typical" and best-known Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (1840¿1926) dedicated his long life to a pictorial exploration of the sensations that reality¿¿in particular, landscapes¿¿offers to the human eye. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.
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From the Publisher Perhaps the most "typical" and best-known Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (18401926) dedicated his long life to a pictorial exploration of the sensations that realityin particular, landscapesoffers to the human eye. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.
Monet FROM THE PUBLISHER
Perhaps the most "typical" and best-known Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (1840ﾽ1926) dedicated his long life to a pictorial exploration of the sensations that realityﾽﾽin particular, landscapesﾽﾽoffers to the human eye. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.
FROM THE CRITICS
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A water lilies cover, 91 color plates, several b&w photographs, and a chronology embellish this lucid introduction to the man and his art. As Czanne's back cover quote says of Monet: "He was only an eyebut what an eye!" Chapter titles include: making the Salon, the world as a month of Sundays, working in a series, different countries and different lights, and the garden at Giverny. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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