impressionism

by Bernard Denvir

Impressionism is the most important thing that has happened in European art since the Renaissance, the visual modes of which it supplanted. From it virtually all subsequent developments in painting and sculpture have stemmed and its basic principles have been reflected in many other art forms. Formulating a doctrine of realism which applied as much to subject matter as to technique.

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1974