A Treasury of Impressionism by Nathaniel Harris

A Treasury of Impressionism

by Nathaniel Harris

Optimum Books, 1979
Colour and black and white photographs throughout, illustrated endpapers
Large Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
A little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers. Dustjacket very good with a little edge wear, laminate beginning to lift at spine (see photographs)

“Impressionism is one of the most popular and important periods in French art.  Following the new theories of vision inspired by the science of photography, the Impressionists painted life as they saw it, realizing that nature as seen by the naked eye is a conglomeration of small particles of light and colour.  Their works capture, almost for the first time in painting, the complexities of a reflection in a lake or the sea, the way the morning and evening sun creates different colours on the face of a building, the true richness of a grassy texture and the crazy effect of a dappled sky.”