The Impressionists at home

The Impressionists at home / Pamela Todd.

"Monet and Givenchy, Renoir and Les Collettes, Pissarro and the Hermitage at Pontoise: Impressionist artists and their homes are inseparably linked. For each, home meant something slightly different - a place of comfort in a rapidly shifting society, a sanctuary immune to changing fortunes and...

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Main Author: Todd, Pamela
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Subjects:
Impressionism (Art) > France.
Impressionist artists > Homes and haunts.
Manners and customs in art.
Dwellings in art.
Table of Contents:
  • A place to meet : entertaining and etiquette, diversions and decor
  • A place to escape : pastimes and passions, unions and reunions
  • A place to eat : feasts and frugality, kitchens and connoisseurs
  • A place to work : homemaking and housework, domesticity and debt
  • A place to play : children and childcare, fatherhood and families
  • A place to paint : studios and soirees, models and mistresses
  • A place to refresh : bathing and beauty, calm and contemplation
  • A place to rest : bedrooms and boudoirs, relaxation and recreation
  • Biographies
  • Places to visit.

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