Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This companion volume to a major international exhibition views with a fresh eye the crossroads of art: works by realists Homer, Whistler, and Sergent; Impressionists Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, and Rodin; and revolutionaries Picasso, Matisse, and Mondrian. 500 illustrations, 300+ in full color.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 440) and index.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Plan and photographs of the Exposition Universelle -- Essays. Art in 1900 : twilight or dawn? / Robert Rosenblum ; The Exposition Universelle : 'This vast competition of effort, realisation and victories' / Maryanne Stevens -- Catalogue, with introductions by Ann Dumas. The Exposition Universelle ; Bathers and nudes ; Woman-Man ; Portraits ; Social scenes ; The city ; Interiors and still-lifes ; Landscape ; Rural scenes ; Religion ; Self-portraits ; Triptychs -- Biographies -- List of works -- Select bibliography -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Illustration credits -- Index.