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On a visit to the museum, Katie climbs into five Impressionist paintings and has wonderful adventures.

On a hot day, Katie and her grandmother visit the art museum, where Katie climbs into the paintings of pointillist artists Seurat, Pisarro, and Signac. Includes information about pointillism.

Discusses the history and development of the nineteenth-century impressionism art movement.

"The book surveys the various practices of individual artists in the making, signing, exhibiting, and selling of Impressions. Brettell discusses the pictorial theories behind the paintings, the sales strategies for them, and the various forms they took, including works completed in one sitting, "apparent" Impressions, and repeated Impressions. In a concluding chapter, the author considers a small group of works by Vincent van Gogh, who painted with...

This collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows young artists the world through the eyes of Claude Monet, a pioneer of the Impressionist movement, inspiring readers to create their own artwork.. Learn all about his love of nature and how he was inspired to paint light, water, and water lilies. This collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows young artists the world through the eyes of Claude Monet, a pioneer of the Impressionist...

"Inspiring Impressionism" explores links between Impressionists and the major European art-historical movements that came before them, demonstrating how often beneath the Impressionists' commitment to capturing contemporary life there lay a deep exploration of the art of the past. Presents Impressionist works by artists including Manet, Monet, Degas, Bazille, Cassatt, and Cezanne alongside those of Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Velazquez, and others....