Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781588395849)

Masterworks by great Romantic, Impressionist, and early modern artists are presented in relationship to the 19th-century horticultural revolution that transformed the landscape of France

The spectacular transformation of Paris during the 19th century into a city of tree-lined boulevards and public parks both redesigned the capital and inspired the era's great Impressionist artists. The renewed landscape gave crowded, displaced urban dwellers green spaces to enjoy, while suburbanites and country-dwellers began cultivating their own flower gardens. As public engagement with gardening grew, artists increasingly featured flowers and parks in their work.

Public Parks, Private Gardens includes masterworks by artists such as Bonnard, Cassatt, C騷anne, Corot, Daumier, Van Gogh, Manet, Matisse, Monet, and Seurat. Many of these artists were themselves avid gardeners, and they painted parks and gardens as the distinctive scenery of contemporary life. Writing from the perspective of both a distinguished art historian and a trained landscape designer, Colta Ives provides new insights not only into these essential works, but also into this extraordinarily creative period in France's history.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(03/12/18-07/29/18)

Author: Colta Ives
ISBN-10: 1588395847
ISBN-13: 9781588395849
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2018
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.30w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2018