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Snider, Lindsay – History Teacher, 2001
During its own time, French Impressionism was viewed as a sweeping revolution in painting, a radical departure from the existing traditions of European art. Today, Impressionism is recognized as a major frontier in art history and the threshold of the modern art movement. In this article, the author discusses the development of the Impressionism…
Descriptors: Art History, Art Expression, Foreign Countries, Intellectual History
Johnson, Mark M. – Arts & Activities, 2000
Focuses on the traveling exhibition from the Musee de Picardie in Amiens, France, called "From the Sun King to the Royal Twilight: Painting in Eighteenth Century France," that provides an overview of French paintings from the reign of Louis IV to the fall of the monarchy. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art History, Art Products, Artists
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Call, Michael – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1997
Attempts to explain Claude Monet's obsession with water lilies in the last 25 years of his life through an interdisciplinary approach combining ideas from the history of landscape design, social history, and anthropology. Offers Monet's gardens at Giverny (France), his series paintings, and the railroad as some possible influences on his painting.…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Art Expression, Artists, Cultural Influences