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Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the most typical and the most individual Impressionist painter. His long life he dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye. But while Monet the painter was faithful and persevering in the pursuit of his motifs, his personal life followed a more restless course. Parisian by birth, he discovered plein-air painting as a youth in the provinces, where one of his homes, Argenteuil, has come to represent the artistic flowering and official establishment of Impressionism as a movement, with Monet as its creative leader. In his endeavor to capture the ever-changing face of reality, Monet went beyond Impressionism and thereby beyond the confines of self-contained panel painting: in Giverny he painted the Poplars, Grain Stacks and Rouen Cathedral series in which he addressed one motif in constantly new variations. Here, too, Monet laid out the famous garden with its water-lily pond which he was to paint on huge canvases well into the 1920s. He thereby sought to render not reality as objectively experienced, but rather that which takes place "between the motif and the artist".In their open, merely tenuously representational structure and impressive scale, his water lily paintings - created long before the currents of the contemporary avant-garde - point the way to the developments of the future. ... Read more

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Here is an account of the birth of impressionist painting, along with reproductions of such famous Monet works as "Haystacks at Giverny", "Rouen Cathedral", "Water Lilies" and many others. Full-color illustrations. ... Read more

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Excellent for elementary art education or homeschool
These books are excellent for elementary students.They are easy to read and easy to follow.They are filled with lots of examples of the artists work and ideas for kids to try.They incorporate the history of art during each artists life and who influenced them.

The books in this series are:Cezanne, Leonardo Da Vinci, Matisse, Michelangelo, Miro, Monet, Picasso, and Van Gogh.

I have Monet & Miro and have read both.I just purchased four more. ... Read more

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This series introduces young readers to some of the world's most celebrated painters and sculptors, covering the achievements and most famous works of each artist. Projects allow readers to experiment with artist's techniques. This book traces the life and work of Monet - his friendships with other Impressionists and influence. Age 9+. ... Read more

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36 page oversized paperback 14 by 10 inch format with full color prints of the artist's work. One of the 25 books in the Series THE GREAT ARTISTS, A Library of Their Lives, Times and Paintings. ... Read more

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Oversized Paperback, 224 Glossy Pages, Containing Art From The Chinese, Japanese, French, British, Portuguese, Egyptian, Islamic, Khmer, Flemish, Russian, Pre-Columbian & Greek Schools of Art and More.Topics: Science, Travel, Religion, Mythology, Concepts, Arts, Nature, Culture, Daily Life & People. ... Read more

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The second in a series of scholarly catalogs on the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, this volume focuses on the museum's important holdings of French and British paintings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The catalog contains comprehensive entries on close to one hundred paintings, representing the full range of artistic production (portraiture, landscape, still life, genre, and history painting) in France and Britain during this period. Featured are major works by some of the most significant artists of the time: Jacques Louis David, Jean Honoré Fragonard, Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, and Jean Antoine Watteau among the French; Henry Fuseli, Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Benjamin West among the British.

Each painting in the catalog is accompanied by complete and up-to-date documentation, including a detailed description of physical condition, a fully documented provenance, and a critical discussion of attribution, date, subject, and function, as well as a summary of earlier scholarship. Many of these works are little published and some are published here for the first time. Forty-one works are reproduced in color, the rest in duotone; there are also 101 comparative illustrations. ... Read more

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If you Like Monet make this one of your first books .
Saw this book for less than 4 $ used this is one of the truley great buys on Amazon . Large books10.5 x 13aprox 304 pages severalfold outs one theWaterlillybrings the picture out to 25inches X 4 1/2format makes you want to go see the real one at Musee de I'Orangerie even the architectural drawing of it are in the book .I read this book from cover to cover .I even bought a second copy .
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Color illustrated fine art book with some tipped-in illustrations. ... Read more

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Strokes of genius: the magic of Monet...

Claude Monet (1840–1926) was both the most typical and the most individual painter associated with the Impressionist movement. His long life and extraordinary work were dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye. Monet’s poplars, grain stacks, Rouen Cathedral, and waterlily paintings — among the most beloved works of the Impressionist period — were created long before the currents of the contemporary avant-garde and had an inestimable influence on the development of modern art. This book traces the life’s work of one of art history’s most beloved painters. ... Read more

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Lizzy
This is a very well written book, I really enjoyed reading about Monet's life. It has beautiful clear photos of his paintings.A great insight into his methods of painting and the different stages he went through during his long and fruitful life.Claude Monet - 1840-1926: a Feast for the Eyes

Well illustrated but the text lacks depth
Monet by Karin Sagner provides a chronological account of Monet's life and work, with perhaps the emphasis on the former. While his paintings are discussed in relation to his life and travels, and occasionally influences, there is only a little in the way of in depth discussion of the work itself. The book concludes with a Biographical Summary illustrated with black and white photographs; there is no bibliography.

This is a well produced and attractively presented book; the pictures run with the text, and appear on the same page or as close as is practical to their mention in the text. The text is printed in quite a large size, and the images vary from around postcard size to full page plates and are almost entirely in full colour. There are about 225 illustrations, all but a very few of the paintings in full colour, most of the black and white images being period photographs. The quality of the plates is excellent often revealing the bush work and texture of the painted surface.

Good Overall Presentation
Taschen always offers high-quality art books on glossy paper at very reasonable prices; this Monet volume is a case in point.My only gripe is that more late work is not presented, such as full-page spreads of the late water lily paintings.Still, you can't beat the price. ... Read more

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“The mourning never stops, it just changes.” (Edward Albee)

For Claude Monet (1840–1926), the founder of French Impressionist painting, these words are a fitting testament to his lifelong relationship with the female muse, most notably—and most hauntingly—with his first wife, the model Camille Doncieux.

For the esteemed clinical psychologist and art historian Mary Mathews Gedo, Monet and His Muse represents a project twenty years in the making. Artfully interweaving biographical insight with psychoanalytic criticism, Gedo takes us on an exploration of Claude Monet’s conflicted relationships with women, complete with exquisitely researched material never before understood about one of our most popular—and inimitable—artists. Beginning with Monet’s childhood, Gedo delves into his relationships with a distant, unreliable father and his beloved, doting mother—whose death when Monet was just sixteen, the author establishes, inspired a lifetime preoccupation with the sea, its lushly imagined flora, and the figurative landscapes Monet painted to such acclaim.

And then—Camille. Entering Monet’s life when he was still a young man, becoming first his model and then mistress and then—finally—his wife, Camille Doncieux always fulfilled the function of muse, even after her life had ended, as Monet not only painted her one last time on her deathbed, but preserved her memory through the gardens he planted at his home in Giverny. Demonstrating how Monet’s connections with women were exceedingly complex, fraught with abusive impulses and infantile longing, Gedo sensitively uses Monet and Camille as exemplars in order to explore links between artists and muses in our modern age.

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This book, originally published to coincide with the blockbuster exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995--the most comprehensive retrospective ever assembled of Monet's work--features 161 masterpieces by Monet drawn from public and private collections all over the world, along with an extensive, month-by-month chronology which examines the artist's life and career in absorbing detail. 278 illustrations, 226 in color. ... Read more

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fantastic Monet book
I have been looking and reading this book for days now. Excellent reference book. I've seen several of his paintings in person and don't know what the negative reviewer meant by poor reproduction. I don't agree.

I was looking for a Monet book that had many of his different paintings. He was very prolific at 2000 plus. This book fit the bill. PLUS it had information about where he painted and some interestingpersonal bits that were very informative. Not a biography b any means but very interesting.

Now I need something like this for Renoir. Please post a follow-up if you have rec's for a good comprehensive Renoir picture" book.

Outstanding book!!
I loved this book!The pictures were wonderful and the readings that wentwith them were as well.Learned many things that I did not know about hisartwork.VERY informative...give it a try, it would make a great giftbook!

Little substance, fair reproductions
Another book on the overblown impressionists. Little commentary and fair reproductions. A perfect book to put on your coffee table with your Renoir coasters. Souveneir book only. ... Read more

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) devoted the last 25 years of his career to paintings of the Japanese-style pond and gardens of his house in Giverny, France. Two of these luminous panels--Water Lilies (1914-26), a mural-sized triptych, and Water Lilies (1914-26), a single canvas--are among the most beloved works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. The aim of these paintings, according to the artist, was to supply "the illusion of an endless whole, of water without horizon or bank." These late works were for many years less appreciated than Monet's classic Impressionist works, oftentimes seen as unstructured, even unfinished. But with the emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, Monet became an extraordinarily relevant predecessor. In 1955, The Museum of Modern Art became the first public collection in the United States to acquire one of Monet's large-scale water lily compositions. This lively volume recounts the history of Monet's Water Lilies at the Museum--including the destruction of two works in a fire in 1958--and underscores the resonance of these paintings with the art and artists of the last half-century. ... Read more

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Any with a love for art or art history would do well to check out "Water Lilies"
The best of one's fame often comes when you can no longer claim it. "Water Lilies" is a collection of artwork from now acclaimed artist Claude Monet, with text from Ann Temkin and Nora Lawrence explaining the importance of his work. A painter who did Abstract Expressionism decades before it caught on, Monet's work has influenced generations. Any with a love for art or art history would do well to check out "Water Lilies". ... Read more

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Celebrated during his lifetime and deified after his death, Impressionist painter Claude Monet is now a popular figure of near-mythical proportions. This book looks at his life and work. ... Read more

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A rare insight
There are many books that claim to capture the 'real' Monet. However, this book not only captures but explores the true nature of this classical artist. I was lucky enough to have purchased this tome to enchance my artbook collection.If you have an art lover in your home I would stronglysuggest this title.Not only will this enhance your art collection butthis is a great conversation piece if noticed on your coffee table.Ifyour passion for art stirs your soul then this book should be on your wishlist ... Read more