TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willsdon,Clare A.P.
TI  - In the gardens of impressionism
SN  - 9780500292228
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames and Hudson
KW  - Gardens in art
KW  - Impressionism (Art)
KW  - France
KW  - Painting, French
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Themes, motives
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-279) and index
N2  - "In the Gardens of Impressionism explores the Impressionists' fascination with gardens, parks and flowers in the context of the 'great horticultural movement' and of the changing political and cultural landscape in France. Drawing on sources such as gardening journals, well-known novels by Zola and Flaubert, poetry by Baudelaire, and the artists' personal letters, it describes how gardens were central to the Impressionists' discovery of their distinctive plein-air (out-of-doors) style, and how they influenced the artists as spaces which were at the same time both 'modern' and imbued with nostalgia. It also brings to life the enchanting tradition of floral symbolism in 19th-century France, and explores - for the first time ever - how this infiltrated the work of key Impressionists such as Monet. A final chapter covers the spread of Impressionist garden painting outside France, exploring the developments in Britain, Germany, North America and Japan."--Jacket
ER  -