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Can I read Pierre-auguste Renoir: La Promenade (getty Museum Studies On Art) on EtoBox?
Pierre-auguste Renoir: La Promenade (getty Museum Studies On Art) by John House; Auguste Renoir is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pierre-auguste Renoir: La Promenade (getty Museum Studies On Art) about?
John House examines the many facets of the work and what it reveals about Renoir as a man and artist. He asks, "What did it mean to paint a picture like La Promenade in France in 1870, in the final months of Napoleon III's Second Empire?" The reader is invited to look at the canvas - and Impressionism - as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to contemporary social norms.
Who reads Pierre-auguste Renoir: La Promenade (getty Museum Studies On Art)?
It is typically read by collectors seeking rare, out-of-print or specialist editions.
Common subject areas: rare and out-of-print works.
- Author
- John House; Auguste Renoir
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780892363650
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Art, History, Technology
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14