Examines the technical, stylistic, and thematic evolution of snowscapes and winter scenes in the paintings of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and other Impressionist artists.
"This book was designed to map out a popular history of painting in the western world, from medieval times to the present day. ... (looks) in detail at where artists were located in time, with which movements they were associated and who or what inspired them to work in the way that they did."-Introduction.