En su documentado y ágil estudio, Phoebe Pool nos narra este apasionante capítulo de la historia del arte como una auténtica aventura. Explica cómo Delacroix, Courbet y la escuela de Barbizon influyeron en estos artistas y a su vez la influencia de ellos en Cézanne, Gauguín y Van Gogh. El libro se complementa con 209 ilustr
A fascinating account, that hasn't dated, ornamented by wonderful and elegant use of the English language, of the surprisingly short period of about 8 years when the much loved way of painting, Impressionism, was invented, fully explored and ultimately discarded by its inventors as not expressive enough.