french art

Provides information about the life of Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh and his fellow artists Paul Gauguin, Paul Signac, ?mile Bernard, and Henri de Toulouse-Laurec, examines their ideas and techniques, and includes twenty-one creative projects.

Discusses the nineteenth-century French art movement known as Impressionism, focusing on the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. Includes related projects and activities.

Traces the acquisitions of Russia's Hermitage Museum, which holds one of the world's greatest collections of French art dating from 1860 to 1950; with 476 illustrations, including 433 full-color plates.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of two landmark paintings that celebrated the coronation of Napoleon including "Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne" and Jacques-Louis David's "Le Sacre.".

Discusses painter Paul Gauguin's movement from Impressionism to Symbolism in four essays and presents 186 works by Gauguin and his masters and pupils.

Explores the life and art of nineteenth-century French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, and features a portfolio of over 120 color illustrations.

Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide biographical and career information on over three hundred French artists of the early nineteenth century.