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The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King Publisher Comments While the Civil War raged in America, another revolution took shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris: The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amidst scorn and derision... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Paris Montparnasse :the heyday of modern art, 1910-1940 by Valerie Bougault Synopsis Brings to life the uninhibited revelry of Parisian artists at a pivotal time.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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From Monet to Cezanne: Late 19th-Century French Artists by Jane Turner Book News Annotation Some 300 in-depth biographies explore the life and work of painters who brought about the artistic revolutions of realism, impressionism, and post-impressionism in late 19th-century France. Each entry includes a bibliography. Arrangement of entries is... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Modernity and Modernism: French Painting in the Nineteenth Century (Modern Art--Practices & Debates) by Francis Frascina Publisher Comments This is the first in a series of four books about art and its interpretation from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. The authors seek to explain the most important issues confronting any study of modern art, without attempting... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art and the French Commune: Imagining Paris After War and Revolution (Princeton Series in 19th Century Art, Culture, and Society) by Albert Boime Publisher Comments "Quite stimulating--a heady mix of political and art history. Albert Boime does a first-rate job in sorting out the ways Impressionism was shaped by various political orientations."--Philip... (read more) List Price $53.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A French Alphabet Book of 1814: For Alfred Bourdier de Beauregard, Created by His Uncle Arnaud at the Chateau de Beaumont de Beauregard by Charles Plante Publisher Comments This charming primer on the alphabet captures the essence of everyday life among the French aristocracy in 1814 in a uniquely detailed series of watercolor drawings made as an alphabet book for a young French aristocrat by his uncle. The drawings give... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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19th Century French Art, 1848-1905 (Chambers Arts Library) by Nicole Tuffelli Publisher Comments This book examines one of the most productive periods of artistic invention and describes the work of the Impressionists, the Symbolists, and artists such as Courbet, Rodin, and Gauguin.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.48 Used - Trade Paper
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The Painters of Provenceworld Wines by Philippe Cros Publisher Comments From as early as the fourteenth century, painting found a home beneath the azure skies of Roman civilization, and prestigious art schools grew up in the prosperous cities of Nice, Aix, and Avignon. Though initially the landscapes of Provence were... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Andre Salmon on French Modern Art by Andre Salmon Publisher Comments This book is the first English-language translation of Andre Salmon's first two books.... (read more) List Price $86.75 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Made in France by Reed Darmon Synopsis Made in France celebrates the innovative and experimental design, sophisticated style, and rich artistry of French popular culture. Reed Darmon has created a beautiful and inspiring collection of vintage French design from the past century. The hundreds... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Beautiful Language of My Century: Reinventing the Language of Contestation in Postwar France, 1945-1968 (October Books) by Tom Mcdonough Publisher Comments In postwar France, the aesthetics of appropriation and collage gave cultural form to a struggle over meaning. A new wave of avant-garde experimentation used--or stole, plagiarized, and expropriated--elements from advertising, journalism, literature, art,... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Impressionist Paris: City of Light by James A Ganz Synopsis This richly illustrated volume explores diverse aspects of life in nineteenth-century Paris, from the dim alleys of "Old Paris" to the grand boulevards of the Second Empire.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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18th Century French Painting by Dominique Jarasse Synopsis French eighteenth-century painting is characterized by its immense variety, ranging from the "grand manner" -- history painting -- to so-called minor genres such as still-life and portraiture. Artists such as Boucher and Fragonard drew inspiration from... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Explosive Acts: Toulouse-Lautrec, Felix Feneon, and the Art and Anarchy of the Fin de Siecle by David Sweetman Publisher Comments Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is known as the disfigured and dangerously self-destructive artist who recorded prolifically the louche world of sexy night-club dancers, lounging whores, and drunken bohemian merriment. Both in his life and art, he is thought... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Paris Between the Wars 1919-1939: Art, Life & Culture by Gerard Durozoi Publisher Comments During the années folles following World War I, Paris underwent a creative fever that brought artists and intellectuals from around the world to the City of Light. The bohemian charms of Montparnasse attracted artists such as Picasso, Chagall,... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $33.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Romanticism and Its Discontents by Anita Brookner Publisher Comments A brilliant reassessment of French Romantic painting by a noted art historian and Booker Prize winner In Romanticism and Its Discontents, Booker Prize-winning novelist and celebrated art historian Anita Brookner offers a stunning reassessment of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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French Art Treasures at the Hermitage by Albert Kostenevich Synopsis This title is the most comprehensive survey ever published of the Hermitage Museum's collection of French art from 1860 to 1950. It comprises paintings, sculpture and drawings by every significant artist of the period, as well as works by early Salon... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet by Kimberly Jones Synopsis The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art. Variously called savage, wild, romantic, and beautiful by visitors, Fontainebleau's topography was viewed in many ways that reflected the... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $31.00 Used - Hardcover
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La Volupt, Du Gout French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour by Penelope Hunter Stiebel Synopsis From 1745 to 1765, twenty short years that correspond almost exactly to the ?reign? of Louis XV's favorite, Madame de Pompadour, French painting went through a period of intense creativity that challenged the prevalent artistic dogmas. Violent aesthetic... (read more) List Price $49.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century by Emile Male Publisher Comments This classic by a noted art historian focuses on French cathedrals of the 13th century as the apotheosis of the medieval style. Topics include iconography, bestiaries, illustrated calendars, the gospels, secular history, and many other aspects. "The most... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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