Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919 : a dream of harmony / Peter H. Feist ; [English translation, Hugh Beyer]
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Basic art seriesPublication details: Köln, [Germany] : Taschen, c2000.Description: 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN: - 3822863289 (pbk.)
- Renoir [Cover title]
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919. English
- 759.4 REN
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 759.4 REN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000390139 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
La belle vie: Impressionism's most joyful paintings Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman."
Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarm#65533;) and invented a new image of feminity. About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
Translated from the German.