文档介绍：ClaudeClaude
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Authors: Nina Kalitina and Nathalia Brodskaia
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ISBN: 978-1-78042-731-7
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Nina Kalitina and Nathalia Brodskaia
Claude
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Contents
The Beginnings of Impressionism 7
Claude – The Person 19
Early Life 27
Formative Years 44
From Figure Painting to Landscape Painting 55
The First Impressionist Exhibition 69
The Argenteuil Period 88
From the Single Painting to the Series 137
’s Reception in Russia 171
Exhibitions 176
Biography 194
Bibliography 196
Index 198
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The Beginnings of Impressionism
The term Impressionism not only designates a trend in French art, but also a new stage
in the development of European painting. It marked the end of the neo-classical period
that had begun during the Renaissance. The Impressionists did not entirely break with
the theories of Leonardo da Vinci and the rules according to which all European
academies had conceived their paintings for over three centuries. All the Impressionists
had more or less followed the lessons of their old-school professors, each of them
having their preferred old masters. But for the Impres